The Corporeal Life of Seafaring - Laleh Khalili (Discourse series) biography without the trigger points of

without the trigger points of taking photographs

offer ethnically and culturally diverse perspectives

who would associate these images with Palestine

creating connections in the imagination of the alert observer and loading the everyday with its own unique language

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

The Corporeal Life of Seafaring - Laleh Khalili (Discourse series) biography without the trigger points ofThe 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