Afghan Interpreters Through Western Eyes : Foreignness and the Politics of Evacuation
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| Autore: |
Footitt Hilary
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| Titolo: |
Afghan Interpreters Through Western Eyes : Foreignness and the Politics of Evacuation
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| Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 |
| ©2023 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (222 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 418.02092 |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Afghan Interpreters Through Western Eyes |
| ISBN: | 3-031-40383-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910765478703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Palgrave Studies in Languages at War Series