The Corporeal Life of Seafaring - Laleh Khalili (Discourse series) biography marginalised and undervalued musicians on

marginalised and undervalued musicians on the planet

and London embracing the freedoms of the swinging sixties

traversing from code to print to spatial objects

without the trigger points of taking photographs

The volume is completed by an index map at the back of the book

The Corporeal Life of Seafaring - Laleh Khalili (Discourse series) biography marginalised and undervalued musicians onThe body of the seafarer is a fulcrum upon which global systems of power, longstanding maritime traditions, and gendered and racialised pressures all rest. In this vital new essay, scholar Laleh Khalili draws on her ongoing research and experiences of travelling on cargo ships to explore the embodied life of these labourers. She investigates an experience riddled with adversities loneliness, loss, and violence, stolen wages and exploitative shipowners