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Publication details [#51828]
Chávez, Karma R. 2009. Embodied Translation: Dominant Discourse and Communication with Migrant Bodies-as-Text. Howard Journal of Communication 20 (1) : 18–36. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
This paper argues that employing a framework that shows translations of immigrant bodies-as-texts by actors who represent and enact the dominant immigration discourse, such as law enforcement officials, illustrates intercultural 'immigration' communication.