Violence as Usual : Policing and the Colonial State in German Southwest Africa /

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This book is a historical anthropology of the daily deeds of African and German men enrolled in the colonial police force called the Landespolizei. Exploring first their sociocultural backgrounds and mindsets, as well as their practical habits, the book then describes how these men came to be the ke...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Muschalek, Marie A., 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
German Southwest Africa. > Landespolizei > History.
Violence.
Police.
Germans.
Colonization.
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
Allemands > Namibie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Violence > Namibie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Germans > Namibia > History > 20th century.
Violence > Namibia > History > 20th century.
Police > Namibia > History > 20th century.
Namibia.
Namibie > Histoire > 1884-1915.
Namibia > Colonization.
Namibia > History > 1884-1915.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : everyday violence and the colonial state
  • Honor, status, masculinity : violent identity formations
  • Soldier-bureaucrats : the primacy of proper bearing
  • Of whips, shackles, and guns : tools and technologies of policing
  • Police work : daily routines and the art of making do
  • Policing work : violent regulation of the labor market
  • Conclusion : histories of colonial violence.

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