Piracy as Resistance
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Piracy as Resistance
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About this listen
Pirates are some of the most romanticized villains in pop culture, but what is the true story of their history? This episode attempts to dispel myths and bring to light truths about the origins and functioning of piracy, as well as uncovering the basis of some pop culture portrayals.
Concepts:
- The periphery as space for difference
- Piracy as resistance to colonization
- Core and periphery
Sources:
Kardulias, P. Nick, and Emily Butcher. 2016. “Piracy in a Contested Periphery: Incorporation and the Emergence of the Modern World-System in the Colonial Atlantic Frontier.” Journal of World-Systems Research 22 (2): 542–64. https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2016.652.
Yangas, Taylor. 2014. “Black Pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy: Men Seeking Escape and Transformation.”
Kinkor, Kenneth J. "Black Men under the Black Flag." In Bandits at Sea: A Pirates Reader, edited by C. R. Pennel, 195-205.
Rediker, Marcus. 1993. "When Women Pirates Sailed the Seas."
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