Interpreters of occupation :
Campbell, Madeline Otis,
Interpreters of occupation : gender and the politics of belonging in an Iraqi refugee network / Madeline Otis Campbell. - First edition. - 1 online resource (xix, 240 pages) : illustrations - Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East . - Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and index.
Introduction: Global routes : Baghdad to Boston -- The last Ba'thist generation -- Life and work as a military terp -- Honor and terror on loyalty base -- Reconstructing patriarchy on patrol -- From American ally to Iraqi refugee -- Inside the refugee network and across borders.
"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"--Publisher's website.
9780815653592 081565359X
22573/ctt1hzbs9s JSTOR
�Hizb al-Ba�th al-�Arab�i al-Ishtir�ak�i (Iraq)--Biography.
�Hizb al-Ba�th al-�Arab�i al-Ishtir�ak�i (Iraq)
2000-2099
Iraqis--United States--Biography.
Iraqis--Migrations--History--21st century.
Refugees--United States--Biography.
Social networks--Case studies.
Belonging (Social psychology)--Political aspects--Case studies.
Sex role--Political aspects--Case studies.
Translators--Iraq--Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Refugees.
Young adults--Iraq--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Personal Memoirs.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Political.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Presidents & Heads of State.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Reference.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Rich & Famous.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Royalty.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Human Rights.
Iraqis.
Refugees.
Sex role--Political aspects.
Social networks.
Translators.
Young adults.
Iraq.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Case studies.
History.
E184.I55 / C36 2016eb
920.00892/7567
Interpreters of occupation : gender and the politics of belonging in an Iraqi refugee network / Madeline Otis Campbell. - First edition. - 1 online resource (xix, 240 pages) : illustrations - Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East . - Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and index.
Introduction: Global routes : Baghdad to Boston -- The last Ba'thist generation -- Life and work as a military terp -- Honor and terror on loyalty base -- Reconstructing patriarchy on patrol -- From American ally to Iraqi refugee -- Inside the refugee network and across borders.
"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"--Publisher's website.
9780815653592 081565359X
22573/ctt1hzbs9s JSTOR
�Hizb al-Ba�th al-�Arab�i al-Ishtir�ak�i (Iraq)--Biography.
�Hizb al-Ba�th al-�Arab�i al-Ishtir�ak�i (Iraq)
2000-2099
Iraqis--United States--Biography.
Iraqis--Migrations--History--21st century.
Refugees--United States--Biography.
Social networks--Case studies.
Belonging (Social psychology)--Political aspects--Case studies.
Sex role--Political aspects--Case studies.
Translators--Iraq--Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Refugees.
Young adults--Iraq--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Personal Memoirs.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Political.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Presidents & Heads of State.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Reference.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Rich & Famous.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Royalty.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Human Rights.
Iraqis.
Refugees.
Sex role--Political aspects.
Social networks.
Translators.
Young adults.
Iraq.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Case studies.
History.
E184.I55 / C36 2016eb
920.00892/7567