The Socio-cultural Dynamics of Shakespeare Translation in Egypt
By Sameh Hanna
London: Routledge 2016
Hardback: $145.00
This book explores the implications of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology of cultural production for the study of translation as a socio-cultural activity. Bourdieu’s work has continued to inspire research on translation in the last few years, though without a detailed, large-scale investigation that tests the viability of his conceptual tools and methodological assumptions. With focus on the Arabic translations of Shakespeare’s tragedies in Egypt, this book offers a detailed analysis of the theory of ‘fields of cultural production’ with the purpose of providing a fresh perspective on the genesis and development of drama translation in Arabic.
For more information, please contact Sameh Hanna at S.Hanna@leeds.ac.uk