Title Interpreters of occupation : gender and the politics of belonging in an Iraqi refugee network / Madeline Otis Campbell

Edition First edition Published Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2016 ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 240 pages) : illustrations Series Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East Gender, culture, and politics in the Middle East. Contents 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 Summary "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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and index Notes Print version record Subject Ḥizb al-Baʻth al-ʻArabī al-Ishtirākī (Iraq) -- Biography SUBJECT Ḥizb al-Baʻth al-ʻArabī al-Ishtirākī (Iraq) fast Subject 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 Genre/Form collective biographies. Ethnographies Biographies Case studies History Biographies. Ethnographies. Case studies. Biographies. Études ethnographiques. Études de cas. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780815653592 081565359X

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