Captured at Sea

Piracy and Protection in the Indian Ocean
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-520-30519-9
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Atelier: Ethnographic Inquiry in the Twenty-First Century

How is it possible for six men to take a Liberian-flagged oil tanker hostage and negotiate a huge pay out for the return of its crew and 2.2 million barrels of crude oil? In his gripping new book, Jatin Dua answers this question by exploring the unprecedented upsurge in maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia in the twenty-first century. Taking the reader inside pirate communities in Somalia, onboard multinational container ships, and within insurance offices in London, Dua connects modern day pirates to longer histories of trade and disputes over protection. In our increasingly technological world, maritime piracy represents not only an interruption, but an attempt to insert oneself within the world of oceanic trade. Captured at Sea moves beyond the binaries of legal and illegal to illustrate how the seas continue to be key sites of global regulation, connectivity, and commerce today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dua, Jatin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
A Note on Language
List of Abbreviations

Introduction: An Anthropology of Protection
1 • Protectors of the Sea: The Rise of Maritime
Piracy off the Coast of Somalia
2 • Anchoring Pirates: Grounding a
Protection Economy
3 • Regulating the Ocean: The Governance of
Counter-Piracy
4 • Markets of Negotiation: The Making
of a Ransom
5 • Captivity at Sea: Pirates on Dhows
Epilogue: The Gifts of the Sea

Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jatin Dua is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan.