{"product_id":"jack-london-and-the-sea-anita-duneer-9780817321253","title":"Jack London and the Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first book-length study of London as a maritime writer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jack London's fiction has been studied previously for its thematic connections to the ocean, but \u003ci\u003eJack London and the Sea \u003c\/i\u003emarks the first time that his life as a writer has been considered extensively in relationship to his own sailing history and interests. In this new study, Anita Duneer claims a central place for London in the maritime literary tradition, arguing that for him romance and nostalgia for the Age of Sail work with and against the portrayal of a gritty social realism associated with American naturalism in urban or rural settings. The sea provides a dynamic setting for London's navigation of romance, naturalism, and realism to interrogate key social and philosophical dilemmas of modernity: race, class, and gender. Furthermore, the maritime tradition spills over into texts that are not set at sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJack London and the Sea \u003c\/i\u003edoes not address all of London's sea stories, but rather identifies key maritime motifs that influenced his creative process. Duneer's critical methodology employs techniques of literary and cultural analysis, drawing on extensive archival research from a wealth of previously unpublished biographical materials and other sources. Duneer explores London's immersion in the lore and literature of the sea, revealing the extent to which his writing is informed by travel narratives, sensational sea yarns, and the history of exploration, as well as firsthand experiences as a sailor in the San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Organized thematically, chapters address topics that interested London: labor abuses on \"Hell-ships\" and copra plantations, predatory and survival cannibalism, strong seafaring women, and environmental issues and property rights from San Francisco oyster beds to pearl diving in the Paumotos. Through its examination of the intersections of race, class, and gender in London's writing, \u003ci\u003eJack London and the Sea \u003c\/i\u003eplumbs the often-troubled waters of his representations of the racial Other and positions of capitalist and colonial privilege. We can see the manifestation of these socioeconomic hierarchies in London's depiction of imperialist exploitation of labor and the environment, inequities that continue to reverberate in our current age of global capitalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anita Duneer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081732125X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817321253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023","brand":"Anita Duneer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059860500735,"sku":"9780817321253","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_288c8978-12bf-4cb3-9419-485a5cdd522f.jpg?v=1685060744","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jack-london-and-the-sea-anita-duneer-9780817321253","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}