Queering
the High Seas: Rethinking the 'Jolly Roger'
Queering
the High Seas: Rethinking the 'Jolly Roger'
Cabin Boys Beware Of Seamen: Giving It To The Cabin Boy
- Guest lecturer: B. R.
Burg.
Expounds on the following
section from B. R. Burg’s book "Sodomy and
the Pirate Tradition":
Captain Charles Swan…evidently had loved his boy since first setting eyes on him when the child was only seven or eight years old. He was determined to have him, and ultimately resorted to kidnapping when all else failed. The boy was taken aboard Swan’s ship and despite the tearful pleas of a parent, the pirate would not return him. He promised the mother only that he would “make much of him”, and the captain was as good as his word. He trained the lad carefully, according to surviving testimony, to be witty, brave and possess considerable dexterity.
The
Effects of Rum on Sperm Count
Bigamy,
Sodomy and You: A User's Guide
A must for anyone
with a yen to travel by sea.
The
Blackbeard Model of Marriage
Blackbeard
was, of course, notorious for allowing his crew to ‘have a go’ at his new
bride once he was done with her. Please note that following this model
is no guarantee of a successful marriage, or of the longevity of the husband.
Captain Johnson writes
of Blackbeard’s 14th wife:
while [Blackbeard’s] sloop lay in Ocracoke Inlet, he was ashore at a plantation where his wife lived, with whom, after he had lain all night, it was his custom to invite five or six of his brutal companions to come ashore, and he would force her to prostitute herself to them all, one after another, before his face.
Bestiality
and Days at Sea
The Man Who Felt Queer.
Based on a chapter of Mr Midshipman Hornblower of
the same name, this course examines C. S. Forester’s interpretation of
sexuality at sea in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Study will be based around extracts from Mr Midshipman Hornblower, such as:
‘Begging your pardon, sir,’ said Hales, the young man who pulled stroke oar, ‘I’m feeling a bit queer-like.’For those interested in Forester’s treatment of Captain Hornblower, further studies include the examination of these extracts from A Ship of the Line.
Hales was a lightly built young man of swarthy countenance. He put his hand to his forehead with a vague gesture as he spoke.
‘You’re not the only one to feel queer,’ snapped Hornblower.
The other men chuckled.
‘Thank you, Bush,’ answered Hornblower. The punctilious ‘Mr’ could be dropped occasionally in unofficial speeches of this sort. But the fact that he found his hand sought and gripped by Bush’s large horny one was an indication that Bush took the most serious view of the impending operationPost-graduate studies are currently being offered on the importance of public nudity to one's chance of becoming an admiral.* Opposite him sat Bolton, with his ruddy cheeks and his open, honest face. Hornblower still felt Bolton’s grip lingering on his palm and remembered the horniness of his hand. There was nothing of the elegant world about Bolton, then.
* He yearned and hungered for men, more passionately than ever a miser desired gold, or a lover his mistress. And now he had no more chance of finding any.
NB. Content will be discussed at the expense of context.
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