Heroines and Harlots
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780230768338 (0230768334)
Publish date: July 1st 2012
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Reference,
Literature,
Feminism,
Pirates,
Womens,
Research,
Womens Studies,
18th Century
In short, for a book called "Seafaring Women" it was shockingly patronizing of women. (Or maybe it wasn't shocking, and that was what made me so angry.)
I will have to admit that the title is a little misleading as the book is a lot more about the sailors then their women at certain points - however, on the whole it was very interesting and enlightening.I learned a lot about my city in the first chapter (I'm from NYC) and the prostitution and dance ...