Translating Transgressive Texts: Gender, Sexuality and the Body in Contemporary Women’s Writing in French

Through close examination of references to gender identity, female sexuality and corporeality, this book sheds light on the complexities of translating the recent transgressive turn in contemporary women’s writing in French.The volume will appeal to scholars in translation, French Studies, and gender and sexuality studies.

Pauline Henry-Tierney is a lecturer in French and Translation Studies at Newcastle University, UK. A feminist translation studies scholar, her publications focus on the translation of contemporary women’s writing in French, in particular transgressive and erotic texts, and the translation of Simone de Beauvoir’s work. She is Managing Editor of the international journal Simone de Beauvoir Studies.