Contextualizing Disney Comics within the Arab Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4345154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jehan Zitawi (Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 139-153 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Meta Journal des traducteurs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-0452 • E-ISSN: 1492-1421 |
| Publisher | Consortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.7202/017979ar |
| OpenAlex | W2019753143 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
This paper examines the strategies adopted by Arab translators to contextualize Disney comics within the Arab culture, with particular reference to Egyptian and Gulf translators. The researcher attempts to establish the ways in which Arab translators, working under the supervision of three major publishing houses in the Arab world, intervene to adapt the source text to the target context and culture. The researcher also attempts to analyse the way Disney characters have been portrayed in the target text and examines the new dimensions added to Disney characters' performance, actions, speech, etc. in the translated context
Art · Comics · Context (archaeology) · Literature · Media studies · Pedagogy · Publishing · Sociology · Target culture · Visual arts · Asian Culture and Media Studies · History · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Translation Studies and Practices
| Citations per year | 0.31 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |