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Article pdf available in ilha do desterro april 2008 with 7,125 reads. According to bassnett, it is a relatively new field which has received very little formal recognition nor respect either until fairly recently. The cultural turnin translation studies a lefevere, s bassnett translation, history and culture, 1, 1990. She has taught in universities throughout the world and written extensively in the fields of comparative literacy studies, theatre, womens studies, and translation studies. Translation isbn 9780415435628 pdf epub susan bassnett. Susan bassnett studies literary genres, popular romance studies, and xviii century. She was elected president of the british contemporary literature association in 2016, taking over.