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Exercising agency: A Bourdieusian account of Iranian feminist translators

In spite of the challenges imposed on practices of feminist cultural production in restrictive states, feminist activists have contributed to speaking about the needs of women through their writings and translations. While earlier studies have highlighted the role of translators in communicating ext...

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Main Authors: Jalalian Daghigh, Ali, Jan, Jariah Mohd, Kaur, Sheena
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Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2022
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H Social Sciences (General)
HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/33508/
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spelling my.um.eprints.335082022-07-29T02:31:46Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/33508/ Exercising agency: A Bourdieusian account of Iranian feminist translators Jalalian Daghigh, Ali Jan, Jariah Mohd Kaur, Sheena H Social Sciences (General) HQ The family. Marriage. Woman In spite of the challenges imposed on practices of feminist cultural production in restrictive states, feminist activists have contributed to speaking about the needs of women through their writings and translations. While earlier studies have highlighted the role of translators in communicating external feminist ideas, factors that have contributed to their agency remain unexplored. The present study, framed by Bourdieu's theory, is an attempt to address this gap by locating the social, cultural, and economic capital of Iranian feminist translators within the conservative publication context of Iran. In doing so, in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 Iranian translators of feminist works. Our findings show that despite the regulatory measures imposed on cultural production, translators have managed to compete against the doxa of the publishing sphere and produce heterodoxa by publishing translations of secular feminist works. Taylor & Francis Ltd 2022-01-02 Article PeerReviewed Jalalian Daghigh, Ali and Jan, Jariah Mohd and Kaur, Sheena (2022) Exercising agency: A Bourdieusian account of Iranian feminist translators. Asian Journal of Womens Studies, 28 (1). pp. 44-64. ISSN 1225-9276, DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2021.2017581 <https://doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2021.2017581>. 10.1080/12259276.2021.2017581
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Jalalian Daghigh, Ali
Jan, Jariah Mohd
Kaur, Sheena
Exercising agency: A Bourdieusian account of Iranian feminist translators
description In spite of the challenges imposed on practices of feminist cultural production in restrictive states, feminist activists have contributed to speaking about the needs of women through their writings and translations. While earlier studies have highlighted the role of translators in communicating external feminist ideas, factors that have contributed to their agency remain unexplored. The present study, framed by Bourdieu's theory, is an attempt to address this gap by locating the social, cultural, and economic capital of Iranian feminist translators within the conservative publication context of Iran. In doing so, in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 Iranian translators of feminist works. Our findings show that despite the regulatory measures imposed on cultural production, translators have managed to compete against the doxa of the publishing sphere and produce heterodoxa by publishing translations of secular feminist works.
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author Jalalian Daghigh, Ali
Jan, Jariah Mohd
Kaur, Sheena
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Jan, Jariah Mohd
Kaur, Sheena
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title Exercising agency: A Bourdieusian account of Iranian feminist translators
title_short Exercising agency: A Bourdieusian account of Iranian feminist translators
title_full Exercising agency: A Bourdieusian account of Iranian feminist translators
title_fullStr Exercising agency: A Bourdieusian account of Iranian feminist translators
title_full_unstemmed Exercising agency: A Bourdieusian account of Iranian feminist translators
title_sort exercising agency: a bourdieusian account of iranian feminist translators
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