Monique Wittig: Fifty Years after "Les guérillères" (Tribute and Notes on the Spanish Translation)

Authors

  • Beatriz Suárez Briones Universidade de Vigo
  • María Jesús Fariña Busto Universidade de Vigo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/Lectora2020.26.11

Keywords:

Monique Wittig, Les guérillères, Spanish translation, censorship

Abstract

This article is written as a tribute to Les guérillères (1969) by Monique Wittig on its fiftieth anniversary, and it focuses specially on the sequences that were suppressed in the only translation that the text has had in Spain so far (Barcelona, Seix Barral, 1971). It provides the translation of those sequences and it considers the role that censorship could have in their elimination, as well as the effects of this deletion on the meaning of the text.

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This volume includes a Dossier, entitled "Decorating the Body: Gems, Jewellery, and Body Adornments in Literature" and coordinated by Anne-Marie Evans (York St John University, United Kingdom), that explores the representation of jewellery and gem culture

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Published

2020-10-28

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[1]
Suárez Briones, B. and Fariña Busto, M.J. 2020. Monique Wittig: Fifty Years after &quot;Les guérillères&quot; (Tribute and Notes on the Spanish Translation). Lectora: Journal of Women and Textuality. 26 (Oct. 2020), 167–180. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1344/Lectora2020.26.11.

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No. 26 (2020): Decorating the Body: Gems, Jewellery, and Body Adornments in Literature

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