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    "pk": 42894,
    "title": "Translational Form in Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being",
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    "abstract": "Through a close reading of the tropes of interlingual\n \nand historical translation in Ruth Ozeki’s 2013 novel, \nA Tale for the Time Being\n, this essay argues that an attention to forms of translational work\n \nhas important implications for transnational American studies, particularly in reorienting the field beyond its continental US and anglocentric bounds. Taking as its primary object of inquiry the “voluminous influx” of national, racial, and linguistic ‘otherness’ that David Palumbo-Liu describes as “a distinct feature of late twentieth century and early twenty first century age of globalization,” \nA Tale for the Time Being\n highlights translation’s central (and often acknowledged) role in shaping the ways in which that otherness is negotiated across geographical and temporal meridians. My reading of the novel’s translational form is twofold. I begin by considering the import of this intervention to the field of Asian American literary studies, focusing on how Ozeki mobilizes the formal elements of interlingual translation to push back against\n \nnaturalizing conceptions of Asian / American identity. I then apply this translational framework to the divergent accounts of history in the novel, and argue that—by calling attention to the fissures and gaps in these narratives—Ozeki offers a new model of empathic reading, one that draws herself and her readers together through a logic of “not knowing.”",
    "language": "en",
    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY 4.0",
        "text": "<p>Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.</p>",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "translation, transnationalism, Asian American, history, empathy"
        }
    ],
    "section": "SPECIAL FORUM: Globalization and American Literature",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8rc6c7th",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Claire",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Gullander-Drolet",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Brown University",
            "department": "None"
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2018-12-05T19:42:05Z",
    "date_accepted": "2018-12-05T19:42:05Z",
    "date_published": "2018-12-05T19:49:40Z",
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