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Fugitives, smugglers, and thieves : piracy and personhood in American literature

Balachandran Orihuela, Sharada, author

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\"In this book, Sharada Balachandran Orihuela examines property ownership and its connections to citizenship, race and slavery, and piracy as seen through the lens of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American literature. Balachandran Orihuela defines piracy expansively, from the familiar concept of nautical pirates and robbery in international waters to post-revolutionary counterfeiting, transnational slave escape, and the illegal trade of cotton across the Americas during the Civil War. Weaving together close readings of American, Chicano, and African American literature with political theory, the author shows that piracy, when represented through literature, has imagined more inclusive and democratic communities than were then possible in reality\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Subject: American literature History and criticism. / Pirates in literature. / Fugitives from justice in literature.
• ISBN: 9781469640914, 9781469640921

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS173.P57 B35 2018	1	BOOK	GENERAL