In:
Modern Asian Studies, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 25, No. 3 ( 1991-07), p. 571-597
Kurzfassung:
The legendary Gurkhas have inspired a considerable literature about their character, quality and exploits under British command. Some years ago, after I returned from fieldwork in an area of east Nepal inhabited by the Limbu people, many of whom had served in Gurkha regiments, I began to read some of this literature for background purposes. It struck me then, although not nearly so forcibly as it did later when I had read Edward Said (1978), and returned to the Gurkha material after a long absence, that these writings have a very distinctive character, constituting a particular mode of ‘orientalist’ discourse.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0026-749X
,
1469-8099
DOI:
10.1017/S0026749X00013937
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publikationsdatum:
1991
ZDB Id:
1497348-0
SSG:
0
SSG:
6,24
SSG:
3,6
