Gunvor Simonsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1475556 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gunvor Simonsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gunvor |
| FAMILY NAME | Simonsen |
| SIGNATURE | SIMONSEN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sax Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Together in a Small Boat
Histories of maritime marronage in the Lesser Antilles-the Danish, Dutch, English, French, and Swedish islands in the eastern Caribbean-have often centered on young enslaved men escaping alone aboard intercontinental vessels anchored in the region's port towns. Scholars have paid less attention to the enslaved men, women, and children who escaped their enslavers on one of the many small open boats that were decisive for sustaining life in the reg…
Sovereignty, Mastery, and Law in the Danish West Indies, 1672–1733
In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, officers of the Danish West India and Guinea Company struggled to balance the sovereignty of the company with the mastery of St. Thomas’ and St. John's slave owners. This struggle was central to the making of the laws that controlled enslaved Africans and their descendants. Slave laws described slave crime and punishment, yet they also contained descriptions of the political entities that ha…
Slave stories
Magic, Obeah and Law in the Danish West Indies, 1750s–1840s
Introduction
This introduction to the special issue 'Slavery, Servitude and Freedom in the Danish-Norwegian West Indies, 1672–1848', edited by Niklas Thode Jensen and Vibe Maria Martens, situates the five essays in the issue in the framework provided by previous research. It begins with a historiographical overview of research carried out since c. 1950 concerning Caribbean and Danish-Norwegian West Indian racial slavery, and continues to locate the essays wit…
Belonging in Africa
The idea that the African Atlantic world was populated by Atlantic Creoles who crossed cultural divides with relative ease is appealing, and it lends itself well to studies of identity formation that highlight the talents and opportunities that emerged from processes of cultural blending. Yet an examination of how travelling Africans ascribed meaning to their spatial and emotional groundings underlines that creolization in the African Atlantic wa…
Global historia från periferin
Leos Muller, Goran Ryden and Holger Weiss (ed.), Global historia fran periferin: Norden 1600–1850, Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2010, 279 pp., ISBN 978-91-44-05709-5. Global historia fran periferin: No
Letter from the Guest Editors
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Moving in Circles
The article examines the development of African diaspora history during the last fifty years. It outlines the move from a focus on African survivals to a focus on deep rooted cultural principles and back again to a revived interest in concrete cultural transfers from Africa to the Americas. This circular movement can be explained by a combination of elements characterizing African Atlantic and black Atlantic history. Among them is a lack of atten…
Slave stories
Introduction
This introduction to the special issue 'Slavery, Servitude and Freedom in the Danish-Norwegian West Indies, 1672–1848', edited by Niklas Thode Jensen and Vibe Maria Martens, situates the five essays in the issue in the framework provided by previous research. It begins with a historiographical overview of research carried out since c. 1950 concerning Caribbean and Danish-Norwegian West Indian racial slavery, and continues to locate the essays wit…
Sovereignty, Mastery, and Law in the Danish West Indies, 1672–1733
In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, officers of the Danish West India and Guinea Company struggled to balance the sovereignty of the company with the mastery of St. Thomas’ and St. John's slave owners. This struggle was central to the making of the laws that controlled enslaved Africans and their descendants. Slave laws described slave crime and punishment, yet they also contained descriptions of the political entities that ha…
Together in a Small Boat
Histories of maritime marronage in the Lesser Antilles-the Danish, Dutch, English, French, and Swedish islands in the eastern Caribbean-have often centered on young enslaved men escaping alone aboard intercontinental vessels anchored in the region's port towns. Scholars have paid less attention to the enslaved men, women, and children who escaped their enslavers on one of the many small open boats that were decisive for sustaining life in the reg…
Belonging in Africa
The idea that the African Atlantic world was populated by Atlantic Creoles who crossed cultural divides with relative ease is appealing, and it lends itself well to studies of identity formation that highlight the talents and opportunities that emerged from processes of cultural blending. Yet an examination of how travelling Africans ascribed meaning to their spatial and emotional groundings underlines that creolization in the African Atlantic wa…
Letter from the Guest Editors
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Moving in Circles
The article examines the development of African diaspora history during the last fifty years. It outlines the move from a focus on African survivals to a focus on deep rooted cultural principles and back again to a revived interest in concrete cultural transfers from Africa to the Americas. This circular movement can be explained by a combination of elements characterizing African Atlantic and black Atlantic history. Among them is a lack of atten…
Letter from the Guest Editors
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Global historia från periferin
Leos Muller, Goran Ryden and Holger Weiss (ed.), Global historia fran periferin: Norden 1600–1850, Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2010, 279 pp., ISBN 978-91-44-05709-5. Global historia fran periferin: No
Belonging in Africa
The idea that the African Atlantic world was populated by Atlantic Creoles who crossed cultural divides with relative ease is appealing, and it lends itself well to studies of identity formation that highlight the talents and opportunities that emerged from processes of cultural blending. Yet an examination of how travelling Africans ascribed meaning to their spatial and emotional groundings underlines that creolization in the African Atlantic wa…
Magic, Obeah and Law in the Danish West Indies, 1750s–1840s
Introduction
This introduction to the special issue 'Slavery, Servitude and Freedom in the Danish-Norwegian West Indies, 1672–1848', edited by Niklas Thode Jensen and Vibe Maria Martens, situates the five essays in the issue in the framework provided by previous research. It begins with a historiographical overview of research carried out since c. 1950 concerning Caribbean and Danish-Norwegian West Indian racial slavery, and continues to locate the essays wit…
Slave stories
Sovereignty, Mastery, and Law in the Danish West Indies, 1672–1733
In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, officers of the Danish West India and Guinea Company struggled to balance the sovereignty of the company with the mastery of St. Thomas’ and St. John's slave owners. This struggle was central to the making of the laws that controlled enslaved Africans and their descendants. Slave laws described slave crime and punishment, yet they also contained descriptions of the political entities that ha…
Together in a Small Boat
Histories of maritime marronage in the Lesser Antilles-the Danish, Dutch, English, French, and Swedish islands in the eastern Caribbean-have often centered on young enslaved men escaping alone aboard intercontinental vessels anchored in the region's port towns. Scholars have paid less attention to the enslaved men, women, and children who escaped their enslavers on one of the many small open boats that were decisive for sustaining life in the reg…
History (8 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (7 works) · Ethnology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Danish (3 works) · Geography (3 works)