Sodomy and the pirate tradition : English sea rovers in the seventeenth-century Caribbean /
Burg, B. R. 1938-
Sodomy and the pirate tradition : English sea rovers in the seventeenth-century Caribbean / B.R. Burg ; with a new introduction by the author. - New York : New York University Press, ©1995. - 1 online resource (xlv, 215 pages)
Revised edition of: Sodomy and the perception of evil. 1983.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-209) and index.
Sodomy and Public Perception Seventeenth-Century England -- To Train Up a Buccaneer -- Caribbee Isles -- Buccaneer Sexuality -- Buccaneer Community. Machine generated contents note: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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.
In English.
0585320535 (electronic bk.) 9780585320533 (electronic bk.) 9780814786260 (electronic bk.) 081478626X (electronic bk.) 9780814739228 0814739229
ebc865536 10.18574/9780814739228 doi
1600-1699
Male homosexuality--History--Caribbean Area--17th century.
Male homosexuality--History--England--17th century.
Pirates--Sexual behavior--History--Caribbean Area--17th century.
Homosexualité masculine--Histoire--Caraïbes (Région)--17e siècle.
Homosexualité masculine--Histoire--Angleterre--17e siècle.
Pirates--Sexualité--Histoire--Caraïbes (Région)--17e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gender Studies.
Male homosexuality.
Pirates--Sexual behavior.
Seeräuber
Homosexualität
Geschichte (1600-1700)
Caribbean Area.
England.
Karibik
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HQ76.2.C27 / B87 1995eb
305.38/9664/09729
Sodomy and the pirate tradition : English sea rovers in the seventeenth-century Caribbean / B.R. Burg ; with a new introduction by the author. - New York : New York University Press, ©1995. - 1 online resource (xlv, 215 pages)
Revised edition of: Sodomy and the perception of evil. 1983.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-209) and index.
Sodomy and Public Perception Seventeenth-Century England -- To Train Up a Buccaneer -- Caribbee Isles -- Buccaneer Sexuality -- Buccaneer Community. Machine generated contents note: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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.
In English.
0585320535 (electronic bk.) 9780585320533 (electronic bk.) 9780814786260 (electronic bk.) 081478626X (electronic bk.) 9780814739228 0814739229
ebc865536 10.18574/9780814739228 doi
1600-1699
Male homosexuality--History--Caribbean Area--17th century.
Male homosexuality--History--England--17th century.
Pirates--Sexual behavior--History--Caribbean Area--17th century.
Homosexualité masculine--Histoire--Caraïbes (Région)--17e siècle.
Homosexualité masculine--Histoire--Angleterre--17e siècle.
Pirates--Sexualité--Histoire--Caraïbes (Région)--17e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gender Studies.
Male homosexuality.
Pirates--Sexual behavior.
Seeräuber
Homosexualität
Geschichte (1600-1700)
Caribbean Area.
England.
Karibik
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HQ76.2.C27 / B87 1995eb
305.38/9664/09729