Martial Masculinity in Transition: The Imperial Officer-Hunter and the Rise of a Conservation Ethic

Despite the continuing destruction of wildlife for sport at the end of the 19C, there was complacency at a perceived change in attitude towards hunted species. This change was seen to be part of a new sensitivity towards animals based on an apparent shift in middle-class sensibilities and signified...

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Published inInternational journal of the history of sport Vol. 25; no. 9; pp. 1243 - 1273
Main Authors Mangan, J A, McKenzie, Callum
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 01.08.2008
Subjects
Colonial history
Conservation
Hunting
Imperialism
Masculinity
Sports
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Summary:Despite the continuing destruction of wildlife for sport at the end of the 19C, there was complacency at a perceived change in attitude towards hunted species. This change was seen to be part of a new sensitivity towards animals based on an apparent shift in middle-class sensibilities and signified an increasing complexity of approach to period masculinity typified by the new term "honourable soldier". There was now an aggressive rhetoric of reform. The officer's long-standing reputation for fair play, suitably updated, was now to play a major part in the burgeoning conservation movement. Due to his qualities, the future protection, now a pressing necessity, of imperial wildlife was ensured. He was to be its guarantor as game became wildlife and preservation became conservation.
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ISSN:0952-3367
1743-9035
DOI:10.1080/09523360802166170