Afghan Interpreters Through Western Eyes Foreignness and the Politics of Evacuation by Hilary Footitt

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Footitt, Hilary, Author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Palgrave studies in languages at war 2947-5910

Palgrave Studies in Languages at War 2947-5910

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting.

Peace.

International relations.

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Politics and war.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed. 2023

Contained In:

Springer Nature eBook

Place of Publication:

Cham Springer International Publishing Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan 2023

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783031403835