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Ask An Interpreter : = An Exploratory Study of the Emotional Labor of Interpreting Slavery at Historical Sites in the United States.

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Title/Author:	Ask An Interpreter :/
Reminder of title:	An Exploratory Study of the Emotional Labor of Interpreting Slavery at Historical Sites in the United States.
Author:	Powell, Roslynn Arnesia.
Description:	1 online resource (108 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-05, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International85-05A.
Subject:	Historic buildings & sites. -
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ISBN:	9798380716147

Ask An Interpreter : = An Exploratory Study of the Emotional Labor of Interpreting Slavery at Historical Sites in the United States.
Powell, Roslynn Arnesia.

Ask An Interpreter :An Exploratory Study of the Emotional Labor of Interpreting Slavery at Historical Sites in the United States. - 1 online resource (108 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-05, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--North Carolina State University, 2023.

Includes bibliographical references

Historical interpreters play a critical role in how history is produced at plantation house museums and similar sites in the United States. This includes depicting enslaved Africans as people with culture, agency, and humanity. This role, while emotionally fulfilling, is also emotionally heavy. This research aims to understand that emotional labor and situate it in the context of white supremacy that guides the politics, culture, and economics in the United States. Additionally, this research seeks to enter frontline public historians' narratives into the collective memory archives. The data for this study were collected using the oral histories of 15 current and former historical interpreters that interpret the history of slavery at historic sites in the United States. Findings showed that historical interpreters conceptualize their emotional labor broadly and are engaged in emotional labor at multiple parts of their workdays, not just while engaging with tourists. Also, from the perspective of cognitive capitalism, interpreters were exploited by the surplus value extraction of their vulnerability (especially for Black interpreters) and the lop-sided nature of the production-to-wage ratio. Historical interpreters also do reproductive labor through their self-care routines. Interviews also revealed that the present-day socio-political climate motivated historical interpreters to create powerful tours and programs that humanized the enslaved peoples' experiences and a form of advocacy and resistance. Unfortunately, that emotional labor can lead to racial battle fatigue (the exhaustion that people of color feel from repeated exposure to racism, as well as its negative impact on their emotional, physiological, and psychological health and well-being (Quaye et al., 2019)), leading to interpreters leaving the field. These findings indicate that interpreters need institutional support to combat the backlash of white fragility surrounding teaching and talking about systemic racism. The use of oral histories paints a picture of interpreting history that does not romanticize their service.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798380716147Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Historic buildings & sites.
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