登入選單
返回Google圖書搜尋
To Swear like a Sailor
Paul A. Gilje
其他書名
Maritime Culture in America, 1750–1850
出版Cambridge University Press, 2016-02-15
主題History / Military / United StatesHistory / Military / NavalHistory / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)History / Modern / GeneralHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)History / Social HistoryHistory / Maritime History & PiracyTransportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / General
ISBN05217623599780521762359
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nhd-CwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBookSAMPLE
註釋Anyone could swear like a sailor! Within the larger culture, sailors had pride of place in swearing. But how they swore and the reasons for their bad language were not strictly wedded to maritime things. Instead, sailor swearing, indeed all swearing in this period, was connected to larger developments. This book traces the interaction between the maritime and mainstream world in the United States while examining cursing, language, logbooks, storytelling, sailor songs, reading, images, and material goods. To Swear Like a Sailor offers insight into the character of Jack Tar - the common seaman - and into the early republic. It illuminates the cultural connections between Great Britain and the United States and the appearance of a distinct American national identity. The book explores the emergence of sentimental notions about the common man - through the guise of the sailor - appearing on stage, in song, in literature, and in images.