Intersemiotic Perspectives on Emotions: Translating across Signs, Bodies and Values

This edited volume explores emotion and its translations across the global world, considering personal, socio-cultural, ideological, ethical, and political perspectives. It emphasizes the importance of semiotic reflection on emotions and their interpretation/translation, arguing that an investigation of types of emotional translation can contribute to a better understanding of emotions and their exploitation. The contributors aim to promote sustainable multicultural societies and facilitate living together.

Format: Hardback
Length: 358 pages
Publication date: 29 July 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This edited volume delves into the intricate realm of emotions and their multifaceted translations across the global landscape, encompassing a wide range of perspectives. From a personal to a socio-cultural, ideological, ethical, and political standpoint, it explores the profound impact of emotions on individuals, communities, societies, and nations. Moreover, it recognizes emotions as valuable assets in the latest phases of globalization, offering potential opportunities for investment and growth.

Emotions, as potent forces, hold the ability to captivate or disenchant individuals, communities, masses, peoples, and nations, irrespective of their distinct linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Their impact can be both benevolent and malevolent, depending on how they are interpreted and translated. The realm of semiotics becomes crucial in understanding the complexities of emotional phenomena and their interpretation or translation into "words" or "facts." A comprehensive understanding of emotional complexities necessitates a multifaceted perspective that reveals and illuminates inconsistencies in our modern lives.

The contributors to this volume argue that a comprehensive investigation of various types of emotional translation, including linguistic and non-linguistic, audio-visual, theatrical, literary, racial, legal, architectural, political, and more, can contribute to a deeper understanding of emotions and their exploitative nature. They contend that such an exploration can unveil the mechanisms through which emotions are employed to perpetuate injustice, unfairness, and absurdity in contemporary society. However, it is important to note that emotions are not solely exploited but can also be directed and oriented toward the development of sustainable multicultural societies and the facilitation of harmonious coexistence.

This edited volume serves as a valuable resource for students and scholars engaged in translation, semiotics, language, and cultural studies across the globe. It offers a comprehensive examination of emotions and their translations, shedding light on the intricate interplay between language, culture, and society. By exploring the diverse perspectives presented in this volume, readers gain a deeper appreciation of the complexities and nuances of emotional expression and its impact on individuals, communities, and the world at large.

Weight: 870g
Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367521264