Translating Spanglish in US Latinx audiovisual stories / edited by Remy Attig and Roshawnda A. Derrick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Attig, Remy, editor.

Derrick, Roshawnda A., editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in sociolinguistics.

Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; Abingdon, England : Routledge, [2025]

Summary:

This collection showcases interdisciplinary perspectives on how Spanglish is translated across different forms of audiovisual media for different audiences in the US Latinx content.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

1 Introduction

References

2 The Queer Politics of Spanglish

Histories of the Conquest

Mestizo Languages

Puerto Rican Linguistic Queerness

Utopic Ruptures: The Limits of Integration

Conclusion

Notes

Part I Spanglish in US Latinx Audiovisual Stories

3 Spanglish in Audiovisual Texts

Some Terms: Code-Switching, Loan Words and Calques

Approaches to CS

The Many Discourses of Spanglish

The Contents of this Volume

4 Code-Switching in ¿Qué Pasa, USA?: A Prototype for Bridging Languages and Cultures On Screen

Spanish On US Television

¿Qué Pasa, USA?: A Trailblazer

Previous Studies

Materials and Methods

Discussion of Results

Code-Switching and Intergenerational Language Shift

Types of Code-Switching

Language Choice

Socio-pragmatic and Communicative Functions

Clarification Or Elaboration

Emphasis

Isolated Lexical Switches and Biculturalism

Quotes

Additional Findings

5 Making Latinidad Audible: The Changing Linguistic Representation of Bilingualism On Latinx-Themed Television Shows

Introduction

Spanish in English-Language Television

Data and Methods

Analysis

Amount of Spanish Use

Semiotic and Interactional Functions of Spanish

The First Five Minutes

Patterns of Codeswitching

The Longest Turn Containing Spanish

Discussion

6 A Grammatical Analysis of the Code-Switching in Gentefied

A Grammatical Analysis of the Code-Switching in Gentefied

Literature Review

What Is Spanglish and CS?

MLF and Minimalism

CS Is Media and Gentefied

CS in Media

CS in Gentefied

Method

Analysis and Results

Discussion.

Conclusion

7 The Sonic Borderlands: Crime, Music, and Latinx Podcasting

Contextualizing the Latinx Podcasting Soundscape

Selena (Un)like Me: The Sonic Etchings of Enduring Latinx Racial and Language Templates in Podcasting

Selena's Legacy Explored Through Bilingual Narratives

Echoes Across the Border: The Bilingual Narrative of Chalino Sánchez

Outlaw Harmonies: Chalino Sánchez and the Soundtrack of the Borderlands

8 Radio Hosts Embracing Community Language Practices: Spanish-English Code-Mixing and "Spicy Talk" in Los Angeles

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Spanish On the Los Angeles Radio: Constructing Latinidad

8.3 Searching for Patterns: Data and Methods

8.4 Patterns of Language Use Among the Hosts of "Spicy Talk"

8.4.1 Overall Distribution

8.4.2 Distribution By Speaker

8.4.3 Types of Language Mixing

8.4.4 Interactional Effects

8.4.4.1 Previous Speaker and Language Discordance

4.4.2 Previous Language and (Un)markedness

8.5 Conclusion

Note

Part II Closed Captions, Poetics and Translations in US Latinx Audiovisual Stories

9 The Challenge of Translating Spanglish

10 Spanglish Use in Netflix's Show La Firma

The Case of Subtitles Vs. Closed Captions

The Use of Spanish in the Media

Methodology

La Firma's Netflix Show

Participants

Translanguaging

Results and Discussion

Translated Instances

Untranslated Instances

11 Radical Bottomhood: A Critical Translational Analysis of the Songs "Boy Is a Bottom" and "Es Una Pasiva"

11.1 Introduction

11.2 "He's Just a Boy But He's a Bottom"

11.3 "Esa Marica Es Pasiva"

11.4 Translated Verses and Bilingual Interpolations

11.5 Conclusion

References.

12 What Is the Role of Spanglish in the Depiction of Latinidad in an Original and in the Spanish Dubbed Version of a TV Series?: The Case of Modern Family (ABC: 2009-2020)

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Multilingual US TV Series, Spanish Dubbed Versions, and Latinidad in a Global Market

12.3 Objectives and Methodology

12.4 Results

12.4.1 Modern Family

12.4.2 Multilingualism in Modern Family

12.4.3 Spanish Dubbed Version of Modern Family

12.5 Conclusions

13 Bilingual Choices in Felipe Esparza's Bad Decisions/Malas Decisiones

13.1 Negotiating Boundaries and Thwarting Expectations Through Humor

13.1.1 Raciolinguistics

13.1.2 Humor Theories and Stand-Up Comedy

13.2 Felipe Esparza's Bilingual Choices

13.3 Coding and De-Coding Language and Humor

13.4 Findings

13.4.1 Playing With Norms: Performing Gender

13.4.1.1 Fatherhood

13.4.1.2 Aggression

13.4.1.3 Sexuality

13.4.2 Challenging and Upholding Societal Control Through Police, Nativist Ideologies, and Educación

13.4.2.1 Police

13.4.2.2 Nativist Ideologies

13.4.2.3 Educación and Fear

13.4.3 Navigating Relationships

13.4.4 Playing With Form

13.4.5 Playing With Words Through Reported Speech, Wordplay, and Gendered Language

13.4.5.1 Reported Speech

13.4.5.2 Wordplay

13.4.5.3 Verbally Marking Gender

13.4.5.4 Netflix Format

13.6 Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-04-035618-4

1-003-48805-6

1-04-035615-X

9781003488057

OCLC:

1484996592