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Translation Flows: Exploring networks of people, processes and products
Edited by Ilse Feinauer, Amanda Marais and Marius Swart
[Benjamins Translation Library 163] 2023
► pp. 69–86

Chapter 4
Recognition versus redistribution?

Translation flows and the role of politically committed publishers in Spain

| University of the Balearic Islands

The study of book translation flows has become a crucial tool in understanding cultural dynamics during a period of globalization. This chapter applies a thematic analysis of such flows to the understanding of debates in the Spanish left since the beginning of the 2008 economic crisis. Utilizing a conceptual opposition formulated by Nancy Fraser and Axel Honneth, the study tests to what extent struggles over identity and difference (“recognition”) might obscure or hinder the importance of the struggle for the improvement of material conditions (“redistribution”) of a majority of people. To this end, the chapter conducts a range of analyses and classifications of the translation choices made by a group of politically committed publishers.

Keywords: book translation flows, book publishing, translation and politics, Spanish politics, activism and translation
Article outline
  • Introduction and research context
  • Spain after the 15M: Political tensions and reconfigurations
  • Politically committed publishers in Spain and a thematic analysis of book flows
  • Conclusions and future paths
  • References
Published online: 9 October 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.163.04fer
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