{"product_id":"piracy-mythmaking-in-the-eighteenth-century-9789048571086","title":"Piracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePiracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century: Criminality, Human Nature, and Civil Government\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the figure of the pirate as a literary phenomenon in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Taking a cultural studies approach, it complements historical studies of piracy by examining the pirate as a powerful and important literary and cultural trope. \u003ci\u003ePiracy Mythmaking\u003c\/i\u003e offers new insights into piracy literature by analyzing ways in which the pirate served as a contested figure of conversation in relation to imperialist violence, gender, race, and topical philosophical matters related to human nature and the formation and governance of civil societies. Through analysis of a multitude of pirate narratives in diverse genres, \u003ci\u003ePiracy Mythmaking\u003c\/i\u003e emphasizes and illustrates the wide range of viewpoints found in pirate literature, from militant nationalism to satirical critique of domestic politics and British imperialism, particularly in the Americas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53518259421527,"sku":"9789048571086","price":147.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/piracy-mythmaking-in-the-eighteenth-century-9789048571086","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}