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Cultures of Translation Cultures of Translation Edited by Klaus Stierstorfer and Monika Gomille Cambridge Scholars Publishing Cultures of Translation, Edited by Klaus Stierstorfer and Monika Gomille This book first published 2008 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing 12 Back Chapman Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2XX, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2008 by Klaus Stierstorfer and Monika Gomille and contributors All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-84718-695-5, ISBN (13): 9781847186959 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction vii PART I: THE CULTURAL TRANSLATION OF THEMES, CONCEPTS, AND FORMS Chapter One Translating the Caribbean: Issues of Literary and Postcolonial Translation MONIKA GOMILLE 3 Chapter Two Antipodean Geographies: Australian “Translations” KLAUS STIERSTORFER 19 Chapter Three Assumed Language, Consuming Culture: Naipaul, Rushdie and Mukherjee BARRY ASKER 33 Chapter Four Translated Men and Women: Cultural and Linguistic Negotiations in Postcolonial Literature in English NILUFER BHARUCHA 53 Chapter Five Translation, Genres and the Production of Ligon’s True and Exact History of Barbadoes KEITH SANDIFORD 67 Chapter Six Translating African Traditions and Identities: Black Poetry in Contemporary Britain MERLE TOENNIES 87 vi Table of Contents PART II: TRANSLATION A