The trans/national study of culture : a translational perspective

Publication/Creation:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : de Gruyter, 2014

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

1st ed.

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Full Title:

The trans/national study of culture : a translational perspective / edited by Doris Bachmann-Medick

Series Titles:

Concepts for the Study of Culture, Volume 4
Concepts for the study of culture ; Volume 4.

Related/Included Titles:

Front matter --
Preface and Acknowledgements /
Contents --
The Trans/National Study of Culture /
Towards Transnational Approaches to the Study of Culture /
I. Conceptualizations and Histories --
Place and Displaced Categories, or How We Translate Ourselves into Global Histories of the Modern /
The Transnational Study of Culture and the Indeterminacy of People(s) and Language(s) /
Scenes of Encounter /
From Hybridity to Translation /
Is there a Timetable when Concepts Travel? /
What Do We Translate when We Translate? /
II. Knowledge Systems and Discursive Fields --
Translation and the East There is No Such Thing as an 'Eastern European Study of Culture' /
Australian Cultural Studies /
Cultural Studies /
Translating 'Media' and 'Communication' /
D/Rifts between Visual Culture and Image Culture /
Notes on Contributors --
Index

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Additional Author/Creators:

Bachmann-Medick, Doris, editor

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Culture--Research
Transnationalism
Cultural pluralism
Knowledge, Sociology of.

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Front matter -- Preface and Acknowledgements / Bachmann-Medick, Doris -- Contents -- The Trans/National Study of Culture / Bachmann-Medick, Doris -- Towards Transnational Approaches to the Study of Culture / Nünning, Ansgar -- I. Conceptualizations and Histories -- Place and Displaced Categories, or How We Translate Ourselves into Global Histories of the Modern / Chakrabarty, Dipesh -- The Transnational Study of Culture and the Indeterminacy of People(s) and Language(s) / Solomon, Jon -- Scenes of Encounter / Langenohl, Andreas -- From Hybridity to Translation / Bachmann-Medick, Doris -- Is there a Timetable when Concepts Travel? / Middell, Matthias -- What Do We Translate when We Translate? / Lutter, Christina -- II. Knowledge Systems and Discursive Fields -- Translation and the East There is No Such Thing as an 'Eastern European Study of Culture' / Buden, Boris -- Australian Cultural Studies / Knellwolf King, Christa -- Cultural Studies / Winter, Rainer -- Translating 'Media' and 'Communication' / Weber, Thomas -- D/Rifts between Visual Culture and Image Culture / Mersmann, Birgit -- Notes on Contributors -- Index

Summary:

This volume introduces key concepts for a trans/national expansion in the study of culture. Using translation as an analytical category, it explores what is translatable and untranslatable between nation-specific approaches such as British/American cultural studies, German Kulturwissenschaften and other traditions in studying culture. The range of articles included in the book covers both theoretical reflections and specific case studies that analyze the tensions and compatibilities amongst contemporary perspectives on the study of culture. By testing various key concepts - translation, cultural transfer, travelling concepts - this volume reflects on an essential vocabulary and common points of reference for scholars seeking new frameworks and methodologies for the foundation of a trans/national study of culture that is commensurate with the entangled nature of our world society.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Additional Physical Form:

Issued also in print.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936717821602486

ISBN:

3-11-037260-6
3-11-033380-5

OCLC Number:

878821607
876159867

Other Identifiers:

doi: 10.1515/9783110333800