Dangerous Waters

Security threats and their role in community formation among itinerant boat‐dwellers on the waterways of southern England

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19488228
AutoresB Bowles (0000-0002-0472-8379, Brunel University of London, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen4
Número1
Páginas6-17
Fecha de publicación2014-01-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudent Anthropologist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2330-7625 • E-ISSN: 2330-7625
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.sda2.20140401.0001
OpenAlexW3130764380
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas11

When living aboard a narrowboat on the waterways of southern England with the itinerant boat‐dwellers who term themselves “Boaters,” one has to be cautious and vigilant in the face of a number of potential threats to the safety and security of one's self and one's vessel. Moorings in certain areas are attacked and burgled frequently and most Boaters have stories of unwarranted violent attacks or, at least, heated confrontations with locals residents. The following paper discusses how Boaters bind together and create a sense of being a vigilant community as a reaction to these threats and challenges. It argues that Boaters make their community against a boundary formed by personal security threats from the outside and that an examination of these threats can shed light upon processes of Boater's identity formation and the emergence of intra‐community tensions

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