Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash Derek Sheffield and playwrights in the past

and playwrights in the past two decades

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In his first US Supreme Court case—at the age of 28—Tigar won a unanimous victory that freed thousands of Vietnam War resisters from prison

a distinguished group of interdisciplinary scholars explore the erosion—and potential rebuilding—of civic bonds in response to injustice

historiography

Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash Derek Sheffield and playwrights in the pastAn examination into the homoerotic and other transgressive aspects of the pirate's world Despite, or perhaps because of, our lack of actual knowledge about pirates, an immense architecture of cultural mythology has arisen around them. Three hundred years of novels, plays, painting, and movies have etched into the popular imagination contradictory images of the pirate as both arch criminal and anti hero par excellence. How did the pirate a real threat