The Temptation and Consequence of "The Finest Sight": Vice and Venereal Disease in "Serafina".
This article investigates the chantey "Serafina" from the unpublished collection of erotic folklore collector Gershon Legman. The song is a part of the unexpurgated repertoire of famed chantey singer and collector Stan Hugill who provided the song to Legman for a collection of erotic songs that he i...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Folklore Research Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 35 - 69 |
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Indiana University Press
May-Aug2024
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