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Sailor Talk - Labor, Utterance, and Meaning in the Works of Melville, Conrad, and London (Hardcover)
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Sailor Talk - Labor, Utterance, and Meaning in the Works of Melville, Conrad, and London (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Port and Maritime History, 1
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This book investigates the highly engaging topic of the literary
and cultural significance of 'sailor talk.' The central argument is
that sailor talk offers a way of rethinking the figure of the
nineteenth-century sailor and sailor-writer, whose language
articulated the rich, layered, and complex culture of sailors in
port and at sea. From this argument many other compelling threads
emerge, including questions relating to the seafarer's multifaceted
identity, maritime labor, questions of performativity, the ship as
'theater,' the varied and multiple registers of 'sailor talk,' and
the foundational role of maritime language in the lives and works
of Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, and Jack London. The book also
includes nods to James Fenimore Cooper, Rudyard Kipling, and Robert
Louis Stevenson. Meticulous scholarly research underpins the close
readings of literary texts and the scrupulously detailed
biographical accounts of three major sailor-writers. The author's
own lived experience as a seafarer adds a refreshingly materialist
dimension to the subtle literary readings. The book represents a
valuable addition to a growing scholarly and political interest in
the sea and sea literature. By taking the sailor's viewpoint and
listening to sailors' voices, the book also marks a clear
intervention in this developing field.
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