{"product_id":"militarism-hunting-imperialism-blooding-the-martial-male-9780415429559","title":"Militarism, Hunting, Imperialism: 'Blooding' the Martial Male","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): J. A. Mangan | Callum Mckenzie\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Hunting - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe late Victorian and Edwardian officer class viewed hunting and big game hunting in particular, as a sound preparation for imperial warfare. For the imperial officer in the making, the 'blooding' hunting ritual was a visible 'hallmark' of stirling martial masculinity. Sir Henry Newbolt, the period poet of subaltern self-sacrifice, typically considered hunting as essential for the creation of a 'masculine sporting spirit' necessary for the consolidation and extension of the empire. Hunting was seen as a manifestation of Darwinian masculinity that maintained a pre-ordained hierarchical order of superordinate and subordinate breeds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMilitarism, Hunting, Imperialism\u003c\/em\u003e examines these ideas under the following five sections: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003emartial imperialism: the self-sacrificial subaltern\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e'blooding' the middle class martial male\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe imperial officer, hunting and war\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003emartial masculinity proclaimed and consolidated\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003emartial masculinity adapted and adjusted.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was published as a special issue of the \u003cem\u003eInternational Journal of the History of Sport\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46929699963031,"sku":"9780415429559","price":10902.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415429559.webp?v=1771601559","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/militarism-hunting-imperialism-blooding-the-martial-male-9780415429559","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}