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Publication details [#65208]

Valdeón, Roberto A. 2018. Language and translation in classic westerns: revisiting stereotypes in They Died with Their Boots On and Fort Apache. Language and Intercultural Communication 18 (6) : 681–693.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

film | language use | narrative | stereotype | translation

Language as a subject

English, American | languages, American, indigenous | Spanish

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This article explores the role of language and translation in two classic Hollywood westerns, viz. Fort Apache and They Died with Their Boots On. It displays that the original English films obelize old stereotypes of Native Americans, whilst the Spanish versions depend on more customary narratives.