Italian elitism and the reshaping of democracy in the united states, Volpe, Giorgio (universita Della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland)

• the main metaphor theories developed in the West;
• the way the notion of metaphor relates to the concept of translation;
• different theoretical perspectives on metaphors of translation in translation studies;
• the main metaphors developed to describe translation in the West and in the East;
• spatial metaphors within translation studies, cultural studies and postcolonial theory;
• the use of the metaphor of translation across psychoanalysis, anthropology and ethnography, postcolonial theory, history and literature, sociology, media and communication theory, medicine and genetics.

Comprehensive analysis of key metaphor theories, revealing examples from a wide range of sources and a look towards future directions make this a must-have book for students, researchers and translators working in the areas of translation and translation theory.