Anne-Lise Feral

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In this article, Anne-Lise Feral, representing the University of Edinburgh, presents a case study of two versions of Sex and the City shown in France: one subtitled and one dubbed version. Using select scenes from the hit American television series, and placing emphasis on the show’s four leading women, she identifies ideological differences between the subtitled and dubbed versions that aired in France (focusing on gender aspects of language and ideology). She briefly touches upon the differences between subtitling and dubbing in terms of technical, financial, sociocultural and political factors, and discusses their differences in terms of acceptability, preference, ideological filtering and perceived prestige by the target audience. Her article

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