Busting Blackbeard's ghost: Somali piracy in historical context
| Autor: | Mark Shirk |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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021110 strategic
defence & security studies History Sociology and Political Science 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies Media studies ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology Social constructionism Somali 050601 international relations language.human_language 0506 political science Southeast asia Law Political Science and International Relations language ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDSOCIETY Narrative Meaning (existential) |
| Zdroj: | Global Change, Peace & Security. 28:17-34 |
| ISSN: | 1478-1166 1478-1158 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14781158.2016.1114915 |
| Popis: | Despite renewed interest, one area of piracy studies that can be improved is that of historical comparison. Most studies operate under the belief that piracy is an action similar enough to be compared across time and space. Yet piracy is a socially constructed concept that only has meaning within a narrative and most ‘waves’ of piracy are characterized by more than one narrative. Thus, comparing all acts of piracy across time and space necessarily means accepting a particular narrative about piracy as true. Much historical-comparative work on piracy compares contemporary piracy to that of the ‘golden age’ of piracy in the eighteenth century. By focusing on the narratives of both pirates and counter-pirates, piracy in Southeast Asia in the nineteenth century is more comparable to contemporary piracy in the Gulf of Aden. Both ‘waves’ were characterized by competing narratives of pirates defending local interests vs. the counter-piracy narratives of criminality. This approach highlights similar dynam... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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