Full Description
Settler Military Politics provides a thorough investigation of the relationship between settler colonialism and militarisation drawing from the Australian experience. In this book, Caso develops the concept of settler military politics to identify the relationship between settler colonialism and militarisation. The book argues that militarisation is a rationality for governing the settler polity and consolidates the settler colonial project. It investigates settler military politics through an in-depth analysis of the under explored aesthetics of war commemoration in Australia and the role of the Australian War Memorial.
Contents
Introduction: Settler Colonial Manoeuvres
Settler Militarisation
The Settler Politics of War Commemoration
Crafting the Anzac Soldier as National Hero
The Militarisation of Women
Indigenous Militarised Recognition
Conclusion: Settler Military Politics
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