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Martial races: The military, race and masculinity in British imperial culture, 1857-1914 (Studies in Imperialism) - Softcover

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Streets, Heather

 
9780719069635: Martial races: The military, race and masculinity in British imperial culture, 1857-1914 (Studies in Imperialism)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0719069637 ISBN 13: 9780719069635
Verlag: Manchester University Press, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

This book provides an exploration of how and why Scottish Highlanders, Punjabi Sikhs and Nepalese Gurkhas became linked as the British Empire's fiercest, most manly soldiers in nineteenth century discourses of 'martial races.'

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Heather Streets is Assistant Professor of British and British Imperial History at Washington State University

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This book explores how and why Scottish Highlanders, Punjabi Sikhs, and Nepalese Gurkhas became identified as the British Empire's fiercest, most manly soldiers in nineteenth century discourse. As 'martial races' these men were believed to possess a biological or cultural disposition to the racial and masculine qualities necessary for the arts of war. Because of this, they were used as icons to promote recruitment in British and Indian armies - a phenomenon with important social and political effects in India, in Britain, and in the armies of the Empire.

Martial races bridges regional studies of South Asia and Britain while straddling the fields of racial theory, masculinity, imperialism, identity politics, and military studies. It challenges the marginalisation of the British Army in histories of Victorian popular culture, and demonstrates the army's enduring impact on the regional cultures of the Highlands, the Punjab and Nepal.

This unique study will make fascinating reading for higher level students and experts in imperial history, military history and gender history.

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This book explores how and why Scottish Highlanders, Punjabi Sikhs, and Nepalese Gurkhas became identified as the British Empire s fiercest, most manly soldiers in nineteenth century discourse. As martial races these men were believed to possess a biological or cultural disposition to the racial and masculine qualities necessary for the arts of war. Because of this, they were used as icons to promote recruitment in British and Indian armies - a phenomenon with important social and political effects in India, in Britain, and in the armies of the Empire. Martial races bridges regional studies of South Asia and Britain while straddling the fields of racial theory, masculinity, imperialism, identity politics, and military studies. It challenges the marginalisation of the British Army in histories of Victorian popular culture, and demonstrates the army s enduring impact on the regional cultures of the Highlands, the Punjab and Nepal.This unique study will make fascinating reading for higher level students and experts in imperial history, military history and gender history.

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Verlag
Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0719069637
ISBN 13 
9780719069635
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
254
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