Autore |
Footitt Hilary
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Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (222 pages)
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Disciplina |
418.02092
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Collana |
Palgrave Studies in Languages at War Series
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ISBN |
3-031-40383-5
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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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.
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910765478703321 |