Green, S. orcid.org/0000-0003-1908-8201 (2024) The representation of African American identity on screen for a Spanish audience: A multimodal approach to the dubbing of Luke Cage, Bamboozled, and Tropic Thunder. Target: International Journal of Translation Studies, 36 (3). pp. 323-351. ISSN 0924-1884
Abstract
Existing studies of translations of audio-visual productions that explore African American issues focus exclusively on African American Vernacular English and culturally specific references, the standardisation or omission of which are seen to compromise the originals’ critique of race and their value for in-group identity. This article takes a multimodal approach to three such productions dubbed for a Spanish audience. Firstly, it examines how characters’ African American identity is rendered not only by language but also visually and aurally. Comprehension in dubbed versions is more likely to be affected by non-linguistic matters, such as casting of voice talent. Secondly, it is shown how translations shape the audio-visual creation of a fictional world and extra-diegetic elements that address a particular audience and thus enable in-group identification along ethnic lines. Lastly, an alternative translation strategy is outlined that targets audiences from the international Black diaspora to whom such productions might appeal.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © John Benjamins Publishing Company. This is an author produced version of an article published in Target: International Journal of Translation Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | multimodality, dubbing, race, African American Vernacular English, Spanish, n-word |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Spanish & Portuguese (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2023 11:49 |
Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2024 10:41 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Identification Number: | 10.1075/target.22057.gre |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:202317 |