The role of translation in Turkish feminist theatre: the case of Theatre Painted Bird as an agent of feminist translation
TRANSLATION STUDIES, vol.17, no.3, pp.463-480, 2024 (AHCI, SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 17 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2024
- Doi Number: 10.1080/14781700.2024.2390642
- Journal Name: TRANSLATION STUDIES
- Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts
- Page Numbers: pp.463-480
- Keywords: Feminist theatre, feminist translation, Theatre Painted Bird, translation sociology, Türkiye
- Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
This article seeks to explore the position of Jale Karabekir as an agent of feminist translation in the field of Turkish theatre. Based on a sociological field analysis as developed by Pierre Bourdieu, this study aims to delineate the heterodoxic practices of Karabekir's Theatre Painted Bird, which transforms the Turkish theatre's male-dominated doxa through interlingual, intralingual, and intersemiotic translations, along with indigenous texts. Investigating the tension between the alternative theatres and the field of power in T & uuml;rkiye, the study focuses on the extratextual discourse of Karabekir to highlight how her theatre collective ventures to maintain the relative autonomy of the theatre field by promoting a collaborative feminist struggle. Ultimately, the study elucidates that Karabekir's importation of Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed as a method of subversion helps her recover unforgotten female voices and enables her to mobilize resistance and produce commentaries to foster feminist solidarity in T & uuml;rkiye.