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Book Review: A Brief Guide to Maritime Strategy
International Journal of Maritime History Pub Date : 2020-11-01 , DOI: 10.1177/0843871420977959c
Eric Grove

1. Lisa Norling, ‘Sister Sailors’ and Sexuality on American Ships, 1820–80, AHA Sessions paper presented at the 124th Meeting of the American Historical Association, held 7 January 2010 in San Diego, USA. Retrieved from: https://aha.confex.com/aha/2010/webprogram/Paper4534. html (accessed 21 May 2020). sexual tensions mount on ships where men in authority have privileged access to a sex partner, by contrast to other personnel who resent not being allowed to take spouses, as Norling writes of an earlier period.1 Indeed, for over a century, pulp novels have thrived on sole women as lighted matches in the powder keg of a ship. But, politely, the author does not refer to such gendered dynamics. However, she reveals the racial inflection in one incident of sexual harassment. Anonymous phone calls that she says were ‘not in the best of taste’ turned out to be from an Asian steward. She lets drop that another wife had previously had such calls too, but the case had not been investigated ‘because she started to accuse the officers [so] nobody looked into it officially’ (p59). That is, because Goldsmith recognised the obscene caller had an Asian accent he was hunted down and punished, whereas someone thought to be a white brother officer was not. The memoir is based on upbeat letters home, as well as her diary. And the final product was created 30 years after the events, which means in effect there are two narrators, the young wife then and the mature woman today. This reviewer regrets that that the mature Goldsmith did not say more. It would augment the scant material by other seagoing wives. These include slight articles. The UK merchant marine has only one similar book, Jean Faulkner’s A Wife on the Ocean Waves (2011), which mainly focuses on tourism ashore in the late 1970s. And the US’s main two books on the subject are the annotated letters of Grace F. Ladd, a nineteenthcentury wife under sail (2003) and Nancy Allen’s Fair Seafarer, a forthright account of being on a 1990s cargo ship (1997). Goldsmith’s lite account would ideally be expanded and deepened in a second edition, enabling a more reflective narrative exploring meaning, not simply chronicling events. However, the many small insights she allows, and the rarity of books by seafaring wives, make this a welcome addition to gender-aware maritime history.

中文翻译:

书评:海事战略简明指南

1. Lisa Norling,“水手姐妹”和美国船舶上的性行为,1820-80 年,美国历史学会第 124 届会议上发表的 AHA 会议论文,于 2010 年 1 月 7 日在美国圣地亚哥举行。检索自:https://aha.confex.com/aha/2010/webprogram/Paper4534。html(2020 年 5 月 21 日访问)。在船上,当当权的男性有权与性伴侣接触时,性紧张局势加剧,而其他人则反对不允许娶配偶,正如诺林在早期所写的那样。 1 事实上,一个多世纪以来,低俗小说作为船上火药桶中点燃的火柴,在唯一的女性身上蓬勃发展。但是,礼貌地,作者并没有提到这种性别动态。然而,她在一次性骚扰事件中揭示了种族变化。她说“不合时宜”的匿名电话原来是来自一名亚洲服务员。她不说另一位妻子以前也接到过这样的电话,但此案并未得到调查,“因为她开始指责官员[所以]没有人正式调查它”(第 59 页)。也就是说,因为戈德史密斯认识到猥亵来电者有亚洲口音,他被追捕和惩罚,而被认为是白人兄弟军官的人却没有。这本回忆录基于乐观的回家信件以及她的日记。而最终的作品是在事件发生 30 年后创作的,这意味着实际上有两个叙述者,当时的年轻妻子和今天的成熟女性。这位审稿人遗憾的是,成熟的戈德史密斯没有多说。它将增加其他航海妻子的稀缺材料。这些包括轻微的文章。英国商船队只有一本类似的书,让·福克纳 (Jean Faulkner) 的《海浪上的妻子》(A Wife on the Ocean Waves,2011 年),主要关注 1970 年代后期的岸上旅游业。美国关于这个主题的主要两本书是 Grace F. Ladd,一位 19 世纪风帆妻子(2003 年)和 Nancy Allen 的 Fair Seafarer 的带注释的信件,这是对 1990 年代货船的直率描述(1997 年)。理想情况下,戈德史密斯的 lite 帐户将在第二版中得到扩展和深化,从而实现更具反思性的叙事探索意义,而不仅仅是记录事件。然而,她允许的许多小见解,以及航海妻子所著书籍的稀有性,使其成为具有性别意识的航海历史的一个受欢迎的补充。1970 年代后期主要专注于岸上旅游。美国关于这个主题的主要两本书是 Grace F. Ladd,一位 19 世纪风帆妻子(2003 年)和 Nancy Allen 的 Fair Seafarer 的带注释的信件,这是对 1990 年代货船的直率描述(1997 年)。理想情况下,戈德史密斯的 lite 帐户将在第二版中得到扩展和深化,从而实现更具反思性的叙事探索意义,而不仅仅是记录事件。然而,她允许的许多小见解,以及航海妻子所著书籍的稀有性,使其成为具有性别意识的航海历史的一个受欢迎的补充。1970 年代后期主要专注于岸上旅游。美国关于这个主题的主要两本书是 Grace F. Ladd,一位 19 世纪风帆妻子(2003 年)和 Nancy Allen 的 Fair Seafarer 的带注释的信件,这是对 1990 年代货船的直率描述(1997 年)。理想情况下,戈德史密斯的 lite 帐户将在第二版中得到扩展和深化,从而实现更具反思性的叙事探索意义,而不仅仅是记录事件。然而,她允许的许多小见解,以及航海妻子所著书籍的稀有性,使其成为具有性别意识的航海历史的一个受欢迎的补充。对 1990 年代货船(1997)的坦率描述。理想情况下,戈德史密斯的 lite 帐户将在第二版中得到扩展和深化,从而实现更具反思性的叙事探索意义,而不仅仅是记录事件。然而,她允许的许多小见解,以及航海妻子所著书籍的稀有性,使其成为具有性别意识的航海历史的一个受欢迎的补充。对 1990 年代货船(1997)的坦率描述。理想情况下,戈德史密斯的 lite 帐户将在第二版中得到扩展和深化,从而实现更具反思性的叙事探索意义,而不仅仅是记录事件。然而,她允许的许多小见解,以及航海妻子所著书籍的稀有性,使其成为具有性别意识的航海历史的一个受欢迎的补充。
更新日期:2020-11-01
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