Heather Streets

Martial races (eBook, PDF)

The military, race and masculinity in British imperial culture, 1857-1914

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847793942
• Artikelnr.: 60361169

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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