The Gurkhas and colonial knowledge

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dc.contributor.advisorPeers, Douglas M.
dc.contributor.authorMontgomery, Carina Anne
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T22:39:49Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T22:39:49Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 151-163en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the origins and development of martial race discourse, the belief that Gurkhas were more warlike than other Indian 'races' , and their selective recruitment into the British Indian Army during the early nineteenth century. It seeks to reconcile the relationship between discourse and material forces by interrogating 'orientalism', examining the way in which colonial knowledge was gathered by British officers and surveyors and the relationship between this knowledge, military experience of the Gurkhas and colonial policy. It focuses on the shift from pre-war stereotypes of the 'barbarous' and 'insolent' Gurkha to those of a martial race; manly, brave, hardy, chivalrous and faithful, by examining the British discourses that developed on the Anglo- Nepalese War (1814-1816). ' Orientalism' and the construction of martial race theory was mediated by environmentalism, literary tropes of the day, military agendas and changing conceptions of masculinity, as 'martiality' became inextricably associated with manliness within the Army.
dc.format.extentvii, 163 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationMontgomery, C. A. (1998). The Gurkhas and colonial knowledge (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5156en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/5156
dc.identifier.isbn0612349020en
dc.identifier.lccDS442.5 .M66 1998en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/106157
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.subject.lcshGurkha soldiers--History.
dc.subject.lcshEthnology--India.
dc.subject.lcshMasculinity.
dc.subject.lcshIndia - History - 19th century
dc.subject.lcshIndia - History, Military
dc.titleThe Gurkhas and colonial knowledge
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrue
ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1158 520680154
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
ucalgary.thesis.uarcreleaseyen
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