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Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth Century Caribbean

by B R Burg

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Pirates are among the most heavily romanticized and fabled characters in history. From Bluebeard to Captain Hook, they have been the subject of countless movies, books, children's tales, even a world-famous amusement park ride.

In Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition, historian B. R. Burg investigates the social and sexual world of these sea rovers, a tightly bound brotherhood of men engaged in almost constant warfare. What, he asks, did these men, often on the high seas for years at a time, do for sexual fulfillment? Buccaneer sexuality differed widely from that of other all- male institutions such as prisons, for it existed not within a regimented structure of rule, regulations, and oppressive supervision, but instead operated in a society in which widespread toleration of homosexuality was the norm and conditions encouraged its practice.

In his new introduction, Burg discusses the initial response to the book when it was published in 1983 and how our perspectives on all-male societies have since changed.

Synopsis:

The messianic idea that a redeemer sent by God will come to end the suffering of a persecuted people and inaugurate a new age of justice and peace has been one of the most powerful and influential concepts given by the Jewish people to western civilization. This book represents a sample of the most penetrating and provocative scholarly interpretations of Jewish messianic movement from various perspectives- historical, sociological, psychological, and religious.
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About the Author

B.R. Burg is Professor of History at Arizona State University and the author of Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition, also available from NYU Press.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780814712368
Author:
Burg, B. R.
Author:
Burg, Barry Richard
Author:
Saperstein, Marc
Author:
Burg, B. R.
Author:
Burg, B.
Publisher:
New York University Press
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
History
Subject:
Sexuality
Subject:
Sociology, anthropology and archaeology
Subject:
Men's Studies - Masculinity
Subject:
Pirates
Subject:
Homosexuality, male
Subject:
Pirates -- Caribbean Area -- Sexual behavior -- History -- 17th century.
Subject:
Gay Studies
Subject:
MARITIME HISTORY_CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
Subject:
AMERICAN HISTORY: c1500 TO c1800_CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
Subject:
Gender Studies
Subject:
Male homosexuality
Subject:
Gender Studies-Mens Studies
Subject:
Judaism - History
Copyright:
1995
Edition Number:
2
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
2631
Publication Date:
19920431
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
215
Dimensions:
8.98x5.90x.66 in. .72 lbs.
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