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- catalog abstract "As far back as 480 BC, when Artemisia commanded her Greek trireme, women have taken to the high seas in pursuit of life and liberty. Simultaneously revered and reviled by superstitious male mariners, the realities of these women pirates' lives have been lost in a murky fog of sexual and racial preconceptions. Bold in her Breeches takes a wholly fresh look at these mythical figures and places them in their true historical and cultural contexts. From Artemisia to the contemporary women pirates of today, via eighteenth-century Grace O'Malley and nineteenth-century Cheng I Sao, we learn why women took to piracy, what it was actually like, how they were regarded by people of their own time and what history has done to their stories. What emerges, by virtue of insight, intuition and some wonderful research, is a retrieval of an entire women's seafaring history, culled from trial reports, from journalists' stories, and from the margins of history books. With contributions from Anne Chambers, Dian H. Murray and Julie Wheelwright as well as editor Jo Stanley, Bold in her Breeches is a riveting insight into a wild and salty world hitherto all but obscured from view.".
- catalog alternative "Women pirates across the ages".
- catalog contributor b7594521.
- catalog contributor b7594522.
- catalog contributor b7594523.
- catalog contributor b7594524.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description "As far back as 480 BC, when Artemisia commanded her Greek trireme, women have taken to the high seas in pursuit of life and liberty. Simultaneously revered and reviled by superstitious male mariners, the realities of these women pirates' lives have been lost in a murky fog of sexual and racial preconceptions. Bold in her Breeches takes a wholly fresh look at these mythical figures and places them in their true historical and cultural contexts. From Artemisia to the contemporary women pirates of today, via eighteenth-century Grace O'Malley and nineteenth-century Cheng I Sao, we learn why women took to piracy, what it was actually like, how they were regarded by people of their own time and what history has done to their stories. What emerges, by virtue of insight, intuition and some wonderful research, is a retrieval of an entire women's seafaring history, culled from trial reports, from journalists' stories, and from the margins of history books.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-279).".
- catalog description "Introduction. Brigand dominatrices for utopia-seeking masochists: the idea of women pirates ; A cool look at a hot topic ; The women among the boys ; Uncovering the oceans' Roaring Girls -- Warrior women in command. Artemisia: adviser or Amazon? ; Arms and amours: Alfhild ; 'The Pirate Queen of Ireland': Grace O'Malley / by Anne Chambers -- Working for a living. In the right place at the right time ; Criminals, communards or crumpet? ; Living beneath the Jolly Roger ; Tars, tarts and swashbucklers / by Julie Wheelwright -- Chinese women pirates. Cheng I Sao in fact and fiction / by Dian H. Murray ; Between warrior junk and A doll's house -- Women and piracy today. With fax and fast outboards.".
- catalog description "With contributions from Anne Chambers, Dian H. Murray and Julie Wheelwright as well as editor Jo Stanley, Bold in her Breeches is a riveting insight into a wild and salty world hitherto all but obscured from view.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 283 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Bold in her breeches.".
- catalog identifier "0044408927".
- catalog isFormatOf "Bold in her breeches.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; San Francisco, Calif. : Pandora,".
- catalog relation "Bold in her breeches.".
- catalog subject "364.164 20".
- catalog subject "G535 .B59 1995".
- catalog subject "Pirates History".
- catalog subject "Pirates.".
- catalog subject "Women pirates History.".
- catalog subject "Women pirates.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction. Brigand dominatrices for utopia-seeking masochists: the idea of women pirates ; A cool look at a hot topic ; The women among the boys ; Uncovering the oceans' Roaring Girls -- Warrior women in command. Artemisia: adviser or Amazon? ; Arms and amours: Alfhild ; 'The Pirate Queen of Ireland': Grace O'Malley / by Anne Chambers -- Working for a living. In the right place at the right time ; Criminals, communards or crumpet? ; Living beneath the Jolly Roger ; Tars, tarts and swashbucklers / by Julie Wheelwright -- Chinese women pirates. Cheng I Sao in fact and fiction / by Dian H. Murray ; Between warrior junk and A doll's house -- Women and piracy today. With fax and fast outboards.".
- catalog title "Bold in her breeches : women pirates across the ages / edited by Jo Stanley, with contributions from Anne Chambers, Dian H. Murray and Julie Wheelwright.".
- catalog title "Women pirates across the ages".
- catalog type "text".