Interpreters of Occupation: Gender and the Politics of Belonging in an Iraqi Refugee Network Contributor(s): Campbell, Madeline Otis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815634374 ISBN-13: 9780815634379 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - History | Middle East - Iraq - Political Science | Human Rights |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2016000183 |
Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.03" W x 9.09" (0.82 lbs) 280 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |