At Home Afloat
Subtitle: Women on the Waters of the Pacific Northwest
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Published: March 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781552380284
Subjects: Women's Studies - General; Sociology
Description: Women were considered bad luck on boats at sea until far into the nineteenth century. Nancy Pagh studies women active in the Pacific maritime off the Northwest and Canadian coasts as these traditional prohibitions broke down. She examines the influence of gender on the roles of women at sea, the spaces they occupy on boats, and the language they use to describe their experiences, natural surroundings, and contact with native peoples.