{"product_id":"sodomy-and-the-pirate-tradition-9780814712368","title":"Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores the sexual world of the one of the most fabled and romanticized character in history--the pirate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePirates 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.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cb\u003eSodomy and the Pirate Tradition\u003c\/b\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e In his new \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A great . . . very interesting book.\" -- Johnny Depp\u003cbr\u003e\"Burg puts historians to shame by raising extremely interesting questions that no one before had asked.\" -- Christopher Hill * New York Review of Books *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405843341655,"sku":"9780814712368","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814712368.jpg?v=1730493726","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sodomy-and-the-pirate-tradition-9780814712368","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}