Strangers Ashore
Sailor Identity and Social Conflict in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Cape Town
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20056947 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nigel Worden (University of Cape Town, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 13-28 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Port Towns and Urban Cultures (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/978-1-137-48316-4_2 |
| OpenAlex | W94553942 |
| ISBN | 9781137483164 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 20 |
Worden’s chapter examines the experience of sailors on shore in eighteenth-century Cape Town. Sailors in the Dutch East India Company (VOC) had a strong sense of collective identity, reinforced by the coastal regions of Europe from which they were recruited and their living and working conditions on board ship. On land they were a minority and as temporary visitors they were distinct from the soldiers, slaves and settlers of Cape Town with whom they frequently came into conflict. Worden analyses the nature of these conflicts and the distinct social and cultural identities of sailors that they can reveal
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Cape · Genealogy · Geography · Identity (music) · Social group · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · South African History and Culture
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2010 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |