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Publication details [#14474]

Hofer, Martina and Sabine Messner. 2004. Frau macht Buch: ein Blick auf die aktuelle Situation von Übersetzerinnen und Verlegerinnen [Woman makes book: the current situation of female translators and publishers]. In Wolf, Michaela and Norbert Bachleitner, eds. Soziologie der literarischen Übersetzung [Sociology of literary translation]. Special issue of IASL. Internationales Archiv für Sozialgeschichte der deutschen Literatur 29 (2): 41–51.
Publication type
Article in Special issue
Publication language
German

Abstract

The efforts and output of female translators and female publishers of feminist literature is hardly perceived in public. This paper discusses the social and economic conditions which characterize the production of feminist literature taking into account reports by female translators and publishers which reflect the current situation in the literary sector. The extent to which factors such as financial problems, poor image and missing networks shape the production of gender relevant literature is shown and tendencies which could contribute to changing this situation suggested.
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