Lost and Found in Translation: Contemporary Ethnic American Writing and the Politics of Language Diversity

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with Salman Rushdie's statement that even though something is always lost in translation, something can also be gained, Cutter examines the trope of translation in twenty English-language novels and autobiographies by contemporary African American, Asian American, Native American, and Mexican American writers. She argues that these works advocate a politics of language diversity--a literary and social agenda that validates the multiplicity of ethnic cultures and…

Author: Martha J. Cutter · Original publisher: University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill, 2005)

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