Mark Burchell

Decoding a Royal Marine Commando (eBook, PDF)

The Militarized Body as Artefact

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 upon this heritage, Mark Burchell offers a unique method of understanding how the Royal Marines draw upon this material culture in order to help transform ordinary labour power to political agency comprising acts of controlled and sustained violence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317061151
• Artikelnr.: 54687796

Autorenporträt

Mark A Burchell is a former Royal Marine Commando who received his PhD at the University of Bristol. He is appointed as professional anthropologist at Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (MOD), Porton Down, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Chapter 1
Introduction
Background
Abstract Anthropology as Fieldwork Technique
Overview
Chapter 2
Culture Shock and Initial Adaptations to the Regime of Discipline
Arriving at the Commando Training Centre
The First Training Weekend
Early Group Formation
Arriving at the Field and Exiting Jack
Chapter 3
Equalization
When Drill Sergeant Says 'YOU' He Means 'YOU All'
Identical efforts: 'The Room Swap'
The Dreaded Kit and Weapon Inspection
Afters: The Post-Inspection Body Sacrament
Chapter 4
The Phase of Identification
Extracts from January: We All Get Punished for Each Other's Mistakes
Extracts from February: A Cold Commitment to Pain
Extracts from March: Fortification of the Group We're Becoming
A Surprise Enemy Attack
Extracts from April: Specialist Instruction
Extracts from May and June: We'll Get by With a Little Help from Our Training Team *
9th, 10th& 11th July: Confirmation Weekend
Chapter 5
Exchanging Exhausted Bodies for Excellence: The Testing Stage
Day Two: The first Pass-out Test
Timothy
Jon
Tris
Recruit Narratives and the Re-Contextualisation of a Bottom Field Experience *
Hard Training is Made Easy with Taff Around
Days Three, Four and Five: Living in the Open Environment
Day Six: Three Tests in One Day
Day Seven: More Practice amid the Tests
Day Eight: Ceremony and Taboo
Day Nine: The Nine-Mile Speed March
Day Ten: The Tarzan Assault Course and Preparation for the 30-Miler
Chapter 6
Ceremonial Acceptance
The Closing Feet Ritual
Final Reflections before the 30-Miler
The 30-Mile Run
The 'Final' Finish Line
The Green Beret Award Ceremony
Day Twelve: Discussions about Self-Empowering Narratives
Day Thirteen: His Final Chance
Day Fourteen: Emerging from Liminality
Chapter 7
Conclusions: Civilian to Commando from an Anthropological Perspective
Violence and Masculinity: A Socially Acceptable Identity
Disciplinary and Punishment Rituals: Types and Practices
Discipline: Types and Practices of the Royal Marines
Surveillance: Brickwork and Imagination
De-Individualization and Personhood: A Sound Investment
Narratives: Re-Creating a Body Experience
Re-creation of pain narratives
Self-empowerment narratives
Future masculine-action narratives
Re-Individualization: Acceptance into the Royal Marines
Glossary
Bibliography