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Author:   Mario Klarer (University of Innsbruck, Austria)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.553kg
ISBN:  

9781138640276

ISBN 10:   1138640271
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   02 October 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"Lists of figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction Mario Klarer Part 1 Labor and Law 1. Trading Identities: Balthasar Sturmer’s Verzeichnis der Reise (1558) and the Making of the European Barbary Captivity Narrative Mario Klarer 2. Unkind Dealings: English Captivity Narratives, Commercial Transformation, and the Economy of Unfree Labor in the Early Modern Period Daniel Vitkus 3. Ambivalences of Recognition: The Position of the Barbary Corsairs in Early Modern International Law and International Politics Walter Rech 4. ""Free, Unfree, Captive, Slave:"" António de Saldanha, a Late Sixteenth-Century Captive in Marrakesh Peter Mark Part 2 Home and Hybridity 5. ""Renegades:"" Converts to Islam in American Barbary Captivity Narratives of the 1790s Anna Diamantouli 6. Identity Crises of Homecomers from the Barbary Coast Robert Spindler 7. ""Arab Speculators:"" States and Ransom Slavery in the Western Sahara Christine E. Sears Part 3 Diplomacy and Deliverance 8. Michael Heberer: A Prisoner in the Ottoman Navy Robert Rebitsch 9. Piracy, Diplomacy, and Cultural Circulations in the Mediterranean Khalid Bekkaoui 10. A Comparison of Confraternity Models in the ""Redemption of Slaves"" in Europe: The Broederschap der alderheylighste Dryvuldigheyt of Brugge/Bruges and the Scuola della Santissima Trinità of Venice Andrea Pelizza Part 4 Oppositions and Otherness 11. A Huguenot Captive in ‘Uthman Dey’s Court: Histoire chronologique du royaume de Tripoly (1685) and Its Author Gillian Weiss 12. Khayr al-Din Barbarossa: Clashing Portraits of a Corsair-King Diana de Armas Wilson 13. Two Arabic Accounts of Captivity in Malta: Texts and Contexts Nabil Matar"

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Mario Klarer is a professor of American Studies at the University of Innsbruck. He is the author of several Routledge textbooks, monographs on literature and the visual arts as well as literary utopias. His forthcoming publications include a primary text anthology of Barbary Coast captivity narratives and a digital edition of the Ambraser Heldenbuch.

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