HMS Dolphin: The Ship That Lost Its Integrity and Found the Myth of the Nail

IF 0.4 3区社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1353/ecs.2023.0013

Hms DolpHin, ThaT LoST, iTS inTegriTy

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Abstract

Abstract:This article traces one of the originating myths about Tahiti from the moment of occurrence through the journals of Master George Robertson, Captain Samuel Wallis, Captain Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Captain James Cook, the first printed journals for the reading public, and finally, the appearance of the myth in the erotic history Nocturnal Revels. "The Myth of The Nail" describes English sailors ripping out nails from their ship to trade with Tahitian women for sex. The myth, at once iconic and fabricated, created a non-existent sexual paradise free from societal mores, imagined for the enjoyment of European readers. The indelible myth contributes to the devastating tourism across the Pacific Islands today. I offer a historical revision of the myth by providing an explanation of the Tahitian (Mā'ohi) economy based on cosmic balance and the vitality of mana.

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海豚号:一艘失去完整性的船，发现了钉子的神话

摘要:本文通过乔治·罗伯逊船长、塞缪尔·沃利斯船长、路易斯·安托万·德·布干维尔船长、詹姆斯·库克船长的日记，以及第一批面向读者的印刷日记，以及该神话在情色史《夜间狂欢》中的出现，追溯了塔希提岛最早的神话之一。《钉子的神话》描述了英国水手从船上扯下钉子，与塔希提岛的女人进行交易。这个神话，既是标志性的又是虚构的，创造了一个不存在的性天堂，不受社会习俗的影响，为欧洲读者的享受而想象。这个不可磨灭的神话促成了今天太平洋岛屿上毁灭性的旅游业。我通过对塔希提(mha 'ohi)经济基于宇宙平衡和法力活力的解释，对神话进行了历史修正。

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EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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