Translation, Pornography, Performativity

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Robinson and Sun's book explores the neglected metaphorics of translation in pornography using poststructuralist rethinkings and reframings of porn (and masturbation). It will interest translation studies scholars and students and media scholars interested in the philosophical complexities of performativity.

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Preface Part 1: The Performativity of Pornography (and Translatography) 1. Pornography and Performativity 2. The Perlocutionary Effect 3. Translation as Resistance and Cooptation Part 2: The Unnatural Iterability of Masturbation (and Translation) 4. That Dangerous Supplement 5. Materializing the Body 6. Dead Performatives (Come Back to Life) Part 3: Toward Experimental Translation 7. Zhuangzi Inside Out 8. Experimental Translation 9. Conclusion