Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Film History, National Culture, and The Roaring Twenties
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Routledge Advances in Film Studies
ISBN: 978-1-041-06902-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Translating Silent Cinema examines closely the translation, adaptation and reception of three silent films in English, German, and Yiddish to argue that the study of film translation should extend beyond textual translation to a wide selection of primary materials and the consideration of social, economic, cultural, and historical contexts.
Close readings of Der Kaufmann von Venedig [The Merchant of Venice] (1923), Das alte Gesetz [The Old Law] (1923), Ost und West [East and West] (1923) raise a theoretical question: Can we discuss films in the same way that we discuss theater productions, regarding each individual screening as a performance, and compose a “performance history” of different films? As no two film screenings are the same, the author highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to translation that combines insights from Film Studies, Translation Studies, and cultural and historical contexts. Furthermore, in linguistic comparison and in the study of the reception of the films in each language, this book argues that each film is the subject of very different receptions under very different circumstances. It also analyses the relevance of films that were made in Austria and in Germany during the 1920s on Jewish themes to a contemporary debate about immigration, racism, and discrimination.
This book’s pioneering analysis of the study of film translation encompasses a wide context of multiplicity of ideologies, economic interests, and historical contexts. It will be of interest for readers in Translation Studies (particularly in Audiovisual Translation), Film Studies, German Studies (and German Cinema) and Jewish Studies (and Cinema).
Zielgruppe
Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
- Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction
Chapter 1. Der Kaufmann von Venedig
Chapter 2. Das Atle Gesetz
Chapter 3. Ost und West
Epilogue: Die Stadt ohne Juden
Index
