Decoding a Royal Marine Commando : the militarized body as artefact /
"With a heritage dating back to the mid-seventeenth century, the Royal Marines have accrued a rich history of rituals, artefacts and material culture that is consciously deployed in order to define and shape the institution both historically and going forward into an uncertain future. Drawing u...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Series: | Material culture and modern conflict.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1923532 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Culture shock and initial adaptations to the regime of discipline
- Equalization
- The phase of identification
- Exchanging exhausted bodies for excellence : the testing stage
- Ceremonial acceptance
- Conclusions : civilian to commando from an anthropological perspective.