Hypermasculine War Games: Triangulating US-India-China

Authors

Payal Banerjee, Smith CollegeFollow
L.H.M. Ling, The New School

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010

Publication Title

S&P: Sicherheit und Frieden | Security and Peace

Abstract

Triangulation discourse perpetuates a hypermasculine war game that is also colonizing in nature. Participation in and complicity with this model of international relations relegate the postcolonial state to a position of subaltern “mimicry” that aims, constantly, to demonstrate its national “manhood,” so to speak. We need to change not just “the rules” but also “the game” altogether. We can begin by recognizing other relations, traditions, and ways of being. We focus on US India China relations as an example.

Keywords

War games, hypermasculinity, international relations, US-India-China relations Kriegsspiele, Hypermaskulinität, internationale Beziehungen, Beziehungen USA-Indien-China

Volume

28

Recommended Citation

Banerjee, Payal and Ling, L.H.M., "Hypermasculine War Games: Triangulating US-India-China" (2010). Sociology: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/soc_facpubs/34