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Translating Spanglish in US Latinx Audiovisual Stories

262 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

262 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Description

This collection showcases interdisciplinary perspectives on how Spanglish is translated across different forms of audiovisual media for different audiences in the US Latinx content. The volume explores the ways in which Spanglish is used in American media to portray the hallmark linguistic characteristics of the communities in which they are set, but also the different scholarly approaches... Read more

List of Contributors

1. Introduction – Remy Attig and Roshawnda A. Derrick

2. The Queer Politics of Spanglish - Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes

PART 1 – Spanglish in US Latinx Audiovisual Stories

3. Spanglish in Audiovisual Texts - Roshawnda A. Derrick

4. Code-Switching in ¿Qué Pasa, USA?: A Prototype for Bridging Languages and Cultures on Screen - Cecilia Montes-Alcalá

5. Making Latinidad Audible: The Changing Linguistic Representation of Bilingualism on Latinx-Themed Television Shows - Victoria Melgarejo and Mary Bucholtz

6. A Grammatical Analysis of the Code-Switching in Gentefied - Rodrigo Delgado

7. The Sonic Borderlands: Crime, Music, and Latinx Podcasting - Manuel G. Avilés-Santiago and Danny Méndez

8. Radio Hosts Embracing Community Language Practices: Spanish-English Code-mixing and “Spicy Talk” in Los Angeles - Brandon J. Martínez, George Romero, Amelia Grace Hill, Hannia O. Rojas Barreda and Ana M. Carvalho

PART 2 - Closed Captions, Poetics and Translations in US Latinx Audiovisual Stories

9. The Challenge of Translating Spanglish - Remy Attig

10. Spanglish Use in Netflix’s show La Firma - Leslie Del Carpio

11. Radical Bottomhood: A Critical Translational Analysis of the Songs “Boy is a Bottom” and “Es una pasiva” - Iván Villanueva-Jordán and Antonio J. Martínez Pleguezuelos

12. What is the Role of Spanglish in the Depiction of Latinidad in an Original and in the Spanish Dubbed Version of a TV Series? The case of Modern Family (ABC: 2009-2020) - María José Higueras Ruiz

13. Bilingual Choices in Felipe Esparza’s Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones - Margaret Buchanan

Index