Afghan interpreters through western eyes : foreignness and the politics of evacuation / Hilary Footitt.
Footitt, Hilary, author.
2023
P306.8.A3 F66 2023
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Title Afghan interpreters through western eyes : foreignness and the politics of evacuation / Hilary Footitt.
Author Footitt, Hilary, author.
ISBN 9783031403835 electronic book
3031403835 electronic book
9783031403828
3031403827
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40383-5
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages).
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-40383-5 doi
Call Number P306.8.A3 F66 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 418.02092
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed November 20th, 2023).
Series Palgrave studies in languages at war.
Available in Other Form Afghan Interpreters Through Western Eyes
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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.

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