Laughing at “normality”: Gerd Brantenberg’s Egalias døtre in translation

This contribution explores humour as a means of resistance against patriarchal authority in Gerd Brantenberg’s Egalias døtre (1977), a work of feminist science fiction, and its translation into English by Louis Mackay (1985). In this Norwegian gender-bender, humour serves as a facilitator for critic...

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Published in:	Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology
Main Authors:	Luise von Flotow, Ida Hove Solberg, Enora Lessinger
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 2021-08-01
Subjects:	neologism contrastive linguistics humour lexical creation feminist translation studies gender studies
Online Access:	https://journals.openedition.org/lexis/5429