02919nam 22004093 450 991076547870332120231118060237.03-031-40383-5(MiAaPQ)EBC30949277(Au-PeEL)EBL30949277(CKB)28861776700041(EXLCZ)992886177670004120231118d2023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAfghan Interpreters Through Western Eyes Foreignness and the Politics of Evacuation1st ed.Cham :Springer International Publishing AG,2023.©2023.1 online resource (222 pages)Palgrave Studies in Languages at War SeriesPrint version: Footitt, Hilary Afghan Interpreters Through Western Eyes Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031403828 Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- 1: Reversing the Gaze -- From Benignity and Positivism to Conflict and the Situated Interpreter -- Afghan Interpreters -- Spaces of Encounter in the Afghan Conflict -- Power Dynamics -- Time and the Interpreter -- Sources and Approaches -- References -- 2: Western Imaginings of Afghanistan -- The Graveyard of Empires -- One Tribe at a Time -- Languages in the Tribal Analysis of Afghanistan -- The West's Knowledge Base About Afghanistan in the Twenty-First Century -- Weaponising 'Culture' -- References -- 3: Spaces of Encounter -- Afghan Employees -- Western Employers -- Recruiting -- Tasks and Working Conditions -- The Location of the Interpreter -- References -- 4: Naming the 'Interpreter': From the NATO Drawdown Until the Evacuation -- The 'Traitor' -- The 'Professional Translator/Interpreter' -- The 'Alien Translator' -- Western Cultures of Protection -- The 'Military Interpreter' -- The 'Civil Servant' -- The 'Honorary Veteran' -- The 'Victim' -- The 'Unnamed Interpreters' -- References -- 5: Evacuation -- The Evacuation of August 2021 -- Initial Priorities for Protection -- Widening the Protection Net -- Identifying Evacuees -- Managing the Evacuation -- Veterans -- Time, Space and Hierarchy -- References -- 6: After the Evacuation -- The Afghans Left Behind -- Spaces of Encounter in the West -- Post-Taliban Afghanistan -- References -- 7: Conclusions -- Contextualising -- The Local Interpreter -- Foreignness -- Evacuation -- Moving Forward -- References -- Index.Palgrave Studies in Languages at War Series418.02092418.02092Footitt Hilary877829MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910765478703321Afghan Interpreters Through Western Eyes3644654UNINA