Decoding a Royal Marine Commando: The Militarized Body as Artefact

By Mark Burchell

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472466071
• ISBN13: 9781472466075
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"