The Corporeal Life of Seafaring

Ebook available via this listing, on Apple Books and Kindle Store. ‘Khalili encapsulates so much in short order. Focusing on the increasingly isolated bodies maintaining the gargantuan vessels of today, this essay underscores the huge toll on the seafarers who work the ships that feed our ravenous Thebes.’ Sally Stein ‘This significant study describes the labouring bodies – hands, legs, and eyes; flesh and soul; suffering and solidarity – that make the world go round. In the process, the connections and divisions of the world economy come into view.’ Steve Edwards   The body of the seafarer is a fulcrum upon which global systems of power, longstanding maritime traditions, and gendered and racialised pressures all rest. In this vital new essay, scholar Laleh Khalili draws on her ongoing research and experiences of travelling on cargo ships to explore the embodied life of these labourers. She investigates an experience riddled with adversities – loneliness, loss, and violence, stolen wag