Captured at Sea : Piracy and Protection in the Indian Ocean / Jatin Dua.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dua, Jatin, Author.

Series:

Atelier: Ethnographic Inquiry in the Twenty-First Century ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hijacking of ships--Somalia--21st century.

Hijacking of ships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 pages).

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

9780520973299

0520973291

OCLC:

1096232095