Interpreters of Occupation - Gender and the Politics of Belonging in an Iraqi Refugee Network (Paperback)

During the Iraq War, thousands of young Baghdadis worked as interpreters for US troops, becoming the front line of the so-called War on Terror. Deployed by the military as linguistic as well as cultural interpreters-translating the ""human terrain"" of Iraq-members of this network urgently honed identification strategies amid suspicion from US forces, fellow Iraqis, and, not least of all, one another. In Interpreters of Occupation, Campbell traces the experiences of twelve individuals from their young adulthood as members of the Ba'thist generation, to their work as interpreters, through their navigation of the US immigration pipeline, and finally to their resettlement in the United States. Throughout, Campbell considers how these men and women grappled with issues of belonging and betrayal, both on the battlefield in Iraq and in the US-based diaspora. A nuanced and richly detailed ethnography, Interpreters of Occupation gives voice to a generation of US allies through their diverse and vividly rendered life histories. In the face of what some considered a national betrayal in Iraq and their experiences of otherness within the United States, interpreters negotiate what it means to belong to a diasporic community in flux.

General

Imprint:	Syracuse University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East
Release date:	May 2016
Authors:	Madeline Otis Campbell
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-8156-3437-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Translation & interpretation > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN:	0-8156-3437-4
Barcode:	9780815634379

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