Book 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
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2023
Book 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
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- The Gendered and Colonial Lives of Gurkhas in Private SecurityFrom Military to Market, pp. 208 - 218Publisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2022