Militarism, Hunting, Imperialism: 'Blooding' The Martial Male (Sport in the Global Society)

The 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. Militarism, Hunting, Imperialism examines these ideas under the following five sections:  martial imperialism: the self-sacrificial subaltern ‘blooding’ the middle class martial male the imperial officer, hunting and war martial masculinity proclaimed and consolidated martial masculinity adapted and adjusted. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Politics & Social Sciences

Mangan, J.A.

McKenzie, Callum

Anthropology

Routledge

Social Sciences

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Militarism, Hunting, Imperialism: 'Blooding' The Martial Male (Sport in the Global Society)

Militarism, Hunting, Imperialism: 'Blooding' The Martial Male (Sport in the Global Society)