Migration Literature in Translation

From Latinx Texts to Transnational Readers

Mattea Cussel

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Routledge
02 May 2025

Translation & interpretation; Literary studies: general; Migration, immigration & emigration; Ethnic studies; Sociology

Series: Translation, Politics and Society

Migration Literature in Translation explores the unique case of Latinx literature translated into Spanish, drawing from Latinx studies, sociology, political philosophy and cultural studies. The book focuses on works by Helena María Viramontes, Achy Obejas, Daisy Hernández and Junot Díaz, analysing migration literature and translation as a social practice. Cussel introduces the ‘integrated translation critique’, a new methodology that examines the transformation of texts through translation and their reception, while incorporating empirical social research methods. This innovative approach highlights the roles of various actors—scholars, translators, authors, reviewers, and readers— in shaping Latinx literary texts’ mobility and meaning across languages and cultures.

Through qualitative research including focus groups, questionnaires and fieldwork in Europe, Latin America and the US, Cussel sheds light on how transnational readers engage with translated migrant stories. By addressing the cultural, social and political dimensions of translation, this interdisciplinary work offers a sociological perspective on literary translation. It is essential reading for scholars and students in the sociology of translation, Latinx and migration literature, and migration studies.

By: Mattea Cussel
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 330g
ISBN: 9781032800523
ISBN 10: 1032800526
Series: Translation, Politics and Society
Pages: 10
Publication Date: 02 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mattea Cussel is Research Fellow at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She is author of ‘When Solidarity Is Possible Yet Fails’, in Translation Studies (2023), and the book chapters ‘Transnational and Global Approaches in Translation Studies’ in The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Globalization (2020) and ‘Linguistic and Narrative Hospitality in the Translation of Daisy Hernández’s “Before Love, Memory” ’, in (In)Hospitable Encounters in Chicanx and Latinx Literature, Culture, and Thought (2025). She is currently coediting the second edition of The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Politics (with Jonathan Evans and Fruela Fernández).

Reviews for Migration Literature in Translation: From Latinx Texts to Transnational Readers

'This important study challenges the assumption of readers as homogeneous, nationally circumscribed individuals. The author skillfully integrates textual analysis with sociological perspectives on representation, border writing, race, migration and erasure, urging a reassessment of how diverse readers engage with translated texts, including their responses to translation decisions and awareness of hybrid languages.' Moira Inghilleri, University of Massachusetts (Amherst), USA 'In this riveting, remarkably multifaceted study, Cussel sheds fresh light on the ways in which translated literary texts are read in different settings. Novel and ambitious comparative research allows her to question reading practices governed by ideas of ""authenticity"" or ""identity"" – we are, instead, encouraged to recognise reading as a situated and complex encounter.' Andrew Smith, University of Glasgow, UK