Martial Races: The Military, Race and Masculinity in British Imperial Culture, 1857-1914 By Heather E. Streets-Salter

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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'. Martial Races: The Military, Race and Masculinity in British Imperial Culture, 1857-1914

Lucid, intelligent and interesting. History, Nonfiction I just have to say if you're incredibly fascinated by Victorian British military specifically concerning the (ab)use of the native Indian population in India and challenging masculine stereotypes, then buckle up because I have the book for you!!!

If this doesn't interest you at all, and can only picture the hunter from Jumanji as the Victorian British soldier, welp. Can't help ya there.

Okay, just kidding but it does shed new light on what defines masculinity and how the meaning ebbed and flowed on its definition. As it's written by a woman I feel that there's no hesitation challenging any argument. Huzzah. History, Nonfiction Wonderful book that perhaps gets a little lost in its thesis statement and leaves out pieces that don't fit. What, for example, of Punjabi Muslim culture? History, Nonfiction Great book! The intersection of Victorian gender norms, racial science and imperial military anxieties that formed a particularly complex and resilient racial ideology are clearly laid out by Streets. Very useful for anyone working on colonial and post-colonial militarization. History, Nonfiction