Language and Translation in Classic Westerns: Revisiting Stereotypes in "They Died with Their Boots on" and "Fort Apache"

Autor/in	Valdeón, Roberto A.
Titel	Language and Translation in Classic Westerns: Revisiting Stereotypes in "They Died with Their Boots on" and "Fort Apache"
Quelle	In: Language and Intercultural Communication, 18 (2018) 6, S.681-693 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Valdeón, Roberto A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1470-8477
DOI	10.1080/14708477.2018.1445746
Schlagwörter	Stereotypes; Translation; Films; English; Language Role; Contrastive Linguistics; Spanish; Language Usage; Discourse Analysis; Anglo Americans; American Indians + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klischee; Film; English language; Englisch; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Spanisch; Sprachgebrauch; Diskursanalyse; American Indian; Indianer
Abstract	Drawing on Michael Cronin's analysis of "Stagecoach," and on narrative theory and image studies, this paper aims to examine the role of language and translation in two classical Hollywood westerns, namely "They Died with Their Boots On" and "Fort Apache." It will consider whether these films provide only negative representations of Native Americans and whether the linguistic and paralinguistic elements present in the films undermine those narratives. It will also compare the English originals and the Spanish dubbed movies in order to probe whether the narratives presented in the original films are maintained in the target versions. For this purpose, I will study the various textual layers present in the films, including the use of Injun English, the discourse of Anglo and Native Americans, the use of Spanish, and the translation of all these into Spanish. The study shows that the original films question old stereotypes of Native Americans, while the Spanish versions rely on more conventional narratives. (As Provided).
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