Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. INTRODUCTION Since When Is Fran Drescher Jewish? 1
6. CHAPTER ONE Nation in Translation: The (Im)Possibility of the Local? 11
7. CHAPTER TWO Indigenizing Texts: Television Translation as Cultural Ventriloquism 26
8. CHAPTER THREE Dubbing Yiddish, Hidden Rabbi: The Nanny in Translation 52
9. CHAPTER FOUR Dubbing The Simpsons: Or How Groundskeeper Willie Lost His Kilt in Sardinia 72
10. CHAPTER FIVE The Sopranos in Italy: Or “Why Should We Care? We Have the Real Mafia Here!” 100
11. CONCLUSION Translating Stereotypes: The Cultural Politics of Reformatting 127
12. Notes 133
13. Selected Bibliography 147
14. Index 159