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Sailors, Life at sea, Oral history, Pressgang, Age of Sail, Navy, Sea shanties
Voices from the Lower Deck
Folklore and Folkways of the Sea
by
Monique Layton
Voices from the Lower Deck examines the role of folklore as the instrument of integration and bonding for the ordinary seafarer during the Age of Sail. Mainly based on contemporary sailors narratives and historical and folkloric texts, the book evokes common themes: the harsh environment, the cruel discipline, the brutal way of life, and the release of onshore carousing and whoring, but also the coordinated work and effort of daily tasks and the tremendous pride of seeing themselves as unique men against a background of landlubbers. The psychological and physical survival of these disparate men from many origins depended on their rapid integration into the common culture––the folklore and the folkways––of what historians have called “the wooden world.”
"A thoroughly researched and enjoyable exploration of sailor folklore" (Kirkus Reviews)
Monique Layton’s background is in comparative literature and cultural anthropology. After living and working in Morocco, France, and England, she now resides in Vancouver.
She has notably published The New Arcadia: Tahiti’s Cursed Myth (FriesenPress, 2015) and Everyday Evil: Why Our World Is the Way It Is (Tidewater Press, 2019).
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