{"product_id":"9783030436254","title":"Crisis and Legitimacy in Atlantic American Narratives of Piracy 1678-1865","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMaritime Literature and Culture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCrisis and Legitimacy in Atlantic American Narratives of Piracy\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003e1678-1865\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlexandra Ganser\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ American \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Open Access book,\u003ci\u003e Crisis and Legitimacy in Atlantic American Narratives of Piracy: 1678-1865\u003c\/i\u003e, examines literary and visual representations of piracy beginning with A.O. Exquemelin’s 1678 \u003ci\u003eBuccaneers of America\u003c\/i\u003e and ending at the onset of the US-American Civil War. Examining both canonical and understudied texts—from Puritan sermons, James Fenimore Cooper’s \u003ci\u003eThe Red Rover\u003c\/i\u003e, and Herman Melville’s “Benito Cereno” to the popular cross-dressing female pirate novelette \u003ci\u003eFanny Campbell\u003c\/i\u003e, and satirical decorated Union envelopes, this book argues that piracy acted as a trope to negotiate ideas of legitimacy in the contexts of U.S. colonialism, nationalism, and expansionism. The readings demonstrate how pirates were invoked in transatlantic literary production at times when dominant conceptions of legitimacy, built upon categorizations of race, class, and gender, had come into crisis. As popular and mobile maritime outlaw figures, it is suggested, piratesasked questions about might and right at critical moments of Atlantic history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandra Ganser\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of American Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria, where she also heads the interdisciplinary research platform and PhD program “Mobile Cultures and Societies” and co-directs the Centre for Canadian Studies. Focusing on mobility in North American literature and culture in her work, she has received research awards and grants in Austria, Germany, the UK, and the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 September 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAustrian Science Fund\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783030436254\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e289\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Austrian Science Fund","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50805387853964,"sku":"9783030436254","price":40.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030436254.jpg?v=1781790937","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030436254","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}