Gender at sea
(2022). Gender at sea. Jaarboek voor Vrouwengeschiedenis, 41. Uitgeverij Verloren: Hilversum. ISBN 9789464550399. 307 pp.
Part of: Jaarboek voor Vrouwengeschiedenis. Uitgeverij Verloren: Hilversum. , more
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- Camiscioli, E. (2022). Sexing the steamship: Prostitution, trafficking, and maritime travel, in: Gender at sea. Jaarboek voor Vrouwengeschiedenis, 41: pp. 189-201, more
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For centuries seafaring people thought that the presence of women on board would mean bad luck: rough weather, shipwreck, and other disasters were sure to follow. Because of these beliefs and prejudices women were supposedly excluded from the maritime domain. In the field of maritime history too, the ship and the sea have predominantly been perceived as a space for men. This volume of the Yearbook of Women’s History challenges these notions. It asks: to what extent were the sea and the ship ever male-dominated and masculine spaces? How have women been part of seafaring communities, maritime undertakings, and maritime culture? How did gender notions impact life on board and vice versa? From a multidisciplinary perspective, this volume moves from Indonesia to the Faroe Islands, from the Mediterranean to Newfoundland; bringing to light the presence of women and the workings of gender on sailing, whaling, steam, cruise, passenger, pirate, and navy ships. As a whole it demonstrates the diversity and the agency of women at sea from ancient times to the present day. |
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