Gonzalez examines maritime labor and identity on cruise ships, highlighting historical and performative aspects.
Gonzalez’s Shipping Out traces performative maritime labour on board contemporary cruise ships and its historical antecedents. From her perspective as a seasoned destination lecturer specializing in the Caribbean, she presents both “performances of servitude” and onboard experiments in fluidity of identity across an international population of workers.
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