Languages at war
Cultural preparations for the Liberation of Western Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12914836 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hilary Footitt (0000-0002-6297-1764, University of Reading, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 109-121 |
| Publication date | 2010-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of War and Culture Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-6272 • E-ISSN: 1752-6280 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/jwcs.3.1.109_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2045092301 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
While the cultural turn in war studies is now well developed across disciplines, an examination of the role of foreign languages within these cultural perspectives is largely absent. This article uses insights from the work of Bruno Latour in order to explore the presence of foreign languages in war, following the processes by which languages were translated into pre-deployment cultural preparations for the Liberation of Western Europe in 1944. Two contrasting cases are examined: material prepared for the massive number of troops entering continental Europe and the preparation of the smaller cadre of Civil Affairs officers. The article argues that foreign languages are not invisible in warfare, but are rather an integral part of the embodiment of war, and that their presence may challenge us to begin to broaden our understandings of culture and war and to review more traditional notions of what can be said to constitute foreign languages in war situations
Liberation · Political science · Chemistry · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2021 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |