A Review of Translation and Identity in the Americas

Translation and identity in the Americas (2008) is written by professor Edwin Gentzler, an American translation theorist. The author tackles the role played by translation in shaping the American identity and suggests that translation is one of the primary tools of shaping cultures. The writing style of this book resembles very much to a research paper. Nevertheless, the use of very complex structures makes it difficult to understand. The author has taken advantage of many resources and gone on many research travels in order to formulate his work. It is classified under postcolonial studies and examines fairly new topics about cultural and linguistic translation issues. While some factors such as multilingual and original topics raised or unfamiliar grammatical structures of the book have increased the complexity of its reading and understanding, studying the book is useful to translation scholars. The present book is an important research resource for students and scholars of translation studies, comparative literature and cultural studies.