Translating the gay identity in audiovisual media: The case of Will & Grace

• Pleguezuelos, Antonio Jesús Martínez ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Revista española de lingüística aplicada, ISSN 0213-2028, Vol. 34, no. 1, 2021, págs. 201-225
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1075/resla.19006.ple
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• Resumen

  • In this study we analyse different linguistic elements in the TV series Will & Grace that shape the gay identity of the main characters of the show. We will base the analysis on the inclusion of the cultural turn into the field of audiovisual translation studies and on the technical time and space constraints that may emerge when conveying the message in this type of texts. Therefore, we will focus on the treatment of cultural references associated to the LGBTQI community that are shown on the series, as well as the linguistic variant of gayspeak and the comic elements included in the dialogues in order to observe whether the information that viewers of the Spanish dubbed version receive regarding gay identity is the same that is portrayed in the original version in English.

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