Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 241 Seiten)
Edition:
First digital paperback edition
ISBN:
9781847793942
,
9781526118684
Series Statement:
Studies in imperialism
Content:
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. Of particular importance is the way it exposes the historical instability of racial categories based on colour and its insistence that historically specific ideologies of masculinity helped form the logic of imperial defence, thus wedding gender theory with military studies in unique ways. Moreover, Martial Races 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
Note:
Introduction -- 1. The transformation of the British and Indian Armies in the Rebellion of 1857 -- 2. ‘Side by side in generous rivalry’: Highlanders, Sikhs and Gurkhas in the Rebellion -- 3. A ‘question on which the safety of the Empire depends’: the European threat, recruiting, and the development of martial race ideology after 1870 -- 4. ‘A power which a man should try to manage for himself’: military influence and martial race discourse in British popular culture -- 5. Martial races: the Inter-imperial uses of a racially gendered language -- 6. Representation versus experience: life as a martial race soldier -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover Streets-Salter, Heather Martial races Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2004 ISBN 978-0-7190-6962-8
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback Streets-Salter, Heather Martial races Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010 ISBN 978-0-7190-6963-5
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Männlichkeit
;
Rassismus
;
Militarismus
;
Imperialismus
;
Geschichte 1857-1914
DOI:
10.7765/9781847793942
URL:
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