Translation and the making of history: The objectification of Mao Zedong

Strany: 28 - 40

Jazyk: eng

This study looks at translations of Mao Zedong produced as part of the Mao Writings Project (MWP) at Brown University in order to explore how translation, as a step in the production of global historical knowledge, transforms authors and their texts into historical objects. As the MWP’s editors and translators instrumentalise Mao for their own historical purposes, the historical narratives that Mao sought to establish in his writings are undermined and even supplanted, and what he says, in both substance and style, comes to reflect the sensibilities and priorities of his translators.

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Sharkey, M. 2026. Translation and the making of history: The objectification of Mao Zedong. In World Literature Studies, vol. 18, no.1, pp. 28-40. 1337-9275. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/WLS.2026.18.1.3

APA:

Sharkey, M. (2026). Translation and the making of history: The objectification of Mao Zedong. World Literature Studies, 18(1), 28-40. 1337-9275. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/WLS.2026.18.1.3

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