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4 Endurance: Why Do These Women Still Go to Sea?
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Margaret Willson
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- A Note on Icelandic Language, Names, and Landscape xv
- Maps xviii
- Introduction: Fishing Expeditions 1
- 1 Survival on the Edge: A Hidden History 23
- 2 In Our Blood: A Lineage of Sea Knowledge 53
- 3 The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Seawomen and the Rise of Hags, Trolls, and Whores 81
- 4 Endurance: Why Do These Women Still Go to Sea? 113
- 5 The Sea’s Siren Call: And the Jobs Seawomen Take in Reply 139
- 6 A Balance of Being: Ship Society 165
- 7 Paying to See the Stars: A New Kind of Survival 203
- Appendix A: Historical Seawomen 235
- Appendix B: Age of Women Registered as Seafarers, 2007–11 242
- Appendix C: Number of Female Fishermen, 1998–2011 243
- Notes 245
- Bibliography 259
- Index 267
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- A Note on Icelandic Language, Names, and Landscape xv
- Maps xviii
- Introduction: Fishing Expeditions 1
- 1 Survival on the Edge: A Hidden History 23
- 2 In Our Blood: A Lineage of Sea Knowledge 53
- 3 The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Seawomen and the Rise of Hags, Trolls, and Whores 81
- 4 Endurance: Why Do These Women Still Go to Sea? 113
- 5 The Sea’s Siren Call: And the Jobs Seawomen Take in Reply 139
- 6 A Balance of Being: Ship Society 165
- 7 Paying to See the Stars: A New Kind of Survival 203
- Appendix A: Historical Seawomen 235
- Appendix B: Age of Women Registered as Seafarers, 2007–11 242
- Appendix C: Number of Female Fishermen, 1998–2011 243
- Notes 245
- Bibliography 259
- Index 267
