Afghan Interpreters Through Western Eyes

Foreignness and the Politics of Evacuation
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-40385-9
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 301 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War

This book explores how endangered local interpreters in Afghanistan were seen through Western eyes in the period from 2014, when the West drew down the bulk of its military forces, to the summer of 2021, when NATO forces withdrew completely. The author examines how these interpreters were understood and represented by Western governments, militaries, agencies, press and lobby organisations, how the understandings changed over time, and to what extent the representations reflect distinct rationales for intervention/historic relationships with Afghanistan, specific immigration and anti-terrorism policies, and notions of citizenship. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of translation and interpreting, history, war studies, and migration studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Footitt, Hilary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Reversing the Gaze.- Chapter 2: Western Imaginings of Afghanistan.- Chapter 3: Spaces of Encounter.- Chapter 4: Naming the ‘Interpreter’: from the NATO drawdown until the Evacuation.- Chapter 5: Evacuation.- Chapter 6: After the Evacuation.- Chapter 7: Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Hilary Footitt is an Associate Fellow of the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK.