Martial Races: The Military, Race and Masculinity in British Imperial Culture, 1857-1914 Paperback - 2010
by Heather Streets
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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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- Title Martial Races: The Military, Race and Masculinity in British Imperial Culture, 1857-1914
- Author Heather Streets
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Date 2010-11-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780719069635 / 0719069637
- Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.53 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.35 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Ethnic Orientation: Multicultural
- Dewey Decimal Code 355.008
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