Race in Translation: Culture Wars Around the Postcolonial Atlantic

by Robert Stam and Ella Shohat

Book Overview

While the term "culture wars" often designates the heated arguments in
the English-speaking world spiraling around race, the canon, and affirmative
action, in fact these discussions have raged in diverse sites and languages. Race
in Translation charts the
transatlantic traffic of the debates within and between three zones--the U.S.,
France, and Brazil. Stam and Shohat trace the literal and figurative translation of these
multidirectional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814798381
• ISBN13: 9780814798386
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"