| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Series |
Advances in Critical Military Studies |
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Advances in critical military studies.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- Foreword: Listening to a Gurkha Wife -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Bringing Gurkhas to Market: Race, Gender and Global Economies of Security Workforces -- 1. Colonial Encounters, Militarism and Affect in Global Security -- 2. Bringing Martial Race to Market: Imperial Encounters, Militarism and the Making of Gurkhas -- 3. Locating Love in the Gurkha Security Package -- 4. The Happy Gurkha Housewife: Reproductive and Affective Labour in Global Security Households -- 5. Race, Gender and the Political Economy of Feeling Secure -- Conclusion -- Slow Death and Failure in the Life Building of Gurkha Communities -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Explores the ways in which affect, colonial histories, and militarism organise global South security workforces within private military and security companies |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Police, Private -- Nepal -- Social conditions
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Gurkha soldiers -- Social conditions
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Gorkha (South Asian people) -- Social conditions
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Masculinity -- Nepal
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International).
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Masculinity
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Nepal
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1399501178 |
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9781399501170 |
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