This book presents new perspectives and directions in the study of Southeast Asian literature through the theme of "translational politics," with translation deployed as the main conceptual framework in the analyses and interpretation of texts, languages, and cultures. It focuses on the critical question of identity, how it has been translated time and again, and in ways that expose the nexus of power relations underlying the discursive productions of race, gender and sexuality. Based on the ground-breaking scholarship in Translation Studies, the book goes beyond the traditional function and terminology of translation to critically examine not just the linguistic properties but also the metaphoric, symbolic and semiotic meanings, images and representations that have been translated across societies and cultures through global and local consumption as well as circulation of literature, (new) media, and other cultural forms. Through the theme of translational politics, the chapters examine ideas important to the changing historical and social contexts of Southeast Asia, including the ways in which knowledge and power intersect with local and global discourses of race, gender and sexuality through writing, performance, and representation. Examining ideas important to the changing historical and social contexts of Southeast Asia, including the ways in which knowledge and power intersect with local and global discourses of race, gender and sexuality through writing, performance, and representation, the book will be of interest to an interdisciplinary audience in Southeast Asian Studies, Translation Studies, Asian Literature, Race, Gender and Sexuality and Postcolonial Studies.