Radically rethinking translation for the contemporary international stage, Jean Graham-Jones interrogates standard linguistic and cultural categories and proposes an overhaul of the translation process itself, incorporating dramaturgical logic and staging, actor training and performance styles, gesture and embodiment, and performance aesthetics and reception. She demonstrates how a theory of translationality - in which translations do not erase the original but rather stand in relation to it and to other texts and performances - encapsulates the collaborative process between contemporary translators and theatre artists. Presenting multiple experiential cases and drawing on Graham-Jones's own career as a translator, actor, director and scholar working in Argentina, the US, and the UK, this richly interdisciplinary work extends a traditional understanding of contemporary performance translation and its potential in theatrical practice.
| ISBN: | 9781009180139 |
| Publication date: | 14th May 2026 |
| Author: | Jean GrahamJones |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 196 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre |
| Genres: |
Theatre studies Literary studies: plays and playwrights |
Radically rethinking translation for the contemporary international stage, Jean Graham-Jones interrogates standard linguistic and cultural categories and proposes an overhaul of the translation process itself, incorporating dramaturgical logic and staging, actor training and performance styles, gesture and embodiment, and performance aesthetics and reception. She demonstrates how a theory of translationality - in which translations do not erase the original but rather stand in relation to it and to other texts and performances - encapsulates the collaborative process between contemporary translators and theatre artists. Presenting multiple experiential cases and drawing on Graham-Jones's own career as a translator, actor, director and scholar working in Argentina, the US, and the UK, this richly interdisciplinary work extends a traditional understanding of contemporary performance translation and its potential in theatrical practice.
Contemporary Performance Translation features in the following genres: Theatre studies, Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Contemporary Performance Translation is available in Paperback, Hardback
Contemporary Performance Translation was written by Jean GrahamJones and published by Cambridge University Press
Contemporary Performance Translation has 196 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre series
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