Description
“Life Under The Jolly Roger – Reflections On A Golden Age Of Piracy” Book
By Gabriel Kuhn
Examining the political and cultural significance of these nomadic outlaws. The original black flag libertarians, depicted as romanticized villians on the one hand and as genuine social rebels on the other. Gabriel Kuhn skillfully contextualizes and analyses the meaings of race, gender, hierarchy and sexuality in golden age pirate communities, while also surveying the breathtaking array of pirates’ forms of organisation, economics and ethics.
286 pages, 15cm x 23cm. (RRP £17.99)
