A scandalous presence in the courtroom

Indigenous immigrant interpreters and the politics of language ideologies in US courts

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ID2290971
AuthorsMaría Luz García (0009-0008-8220-6366, Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology Department Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti Michigan USA)
Year2024
Volume47
Issue2
Pages209-222
Publication date2024-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1081-6976 • E-ISSN: 1555-2934
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/plar.12576
OpenAlexW4403214236
LanguageEN
References cited21

This article analyzes how the experiences and observations of Indigenous people from Latin America who work as legal interpreters reveal the ways that the position of court interpreter is racialized. The meaning of the norms of the "invisibility" and "neutrality" of the interpreter and the role of the interpreter as erasing barriers become points of contestation in the context of interpreting Indigenous languages of Latin America, revealing the ways that dominant norms and practices governing interpreting privilege a white speaker. Organizations of Indigenous interpreters articulate these experiences as a language rights issue of a transnational movement and point to the way that institutional claims to neutrality are symptomatic of a larger historical pattern of racism

Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare

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