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Last stand of the Louisiana shrimpers /

"In recent years, shrimpers on the Louisiana coast have faced a historically dire shrimp season, with the price of shrimp barely high enough to justify trawling. Yet, many of them wouldn't consider leaving shrimping behind, despite having transferrable skills that could land them jobs in t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lirette, Emma Christopher (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Unmooring for beginners. Lesson one: making space ; Lesson two: stories and scholarship ; Lesson three: a brief history of the pre-bust Louisiana shrimp fishery ; Syllabus
  • Blood. Bloodlines ; Blood magic and cruelty ; Ecology and the body
  • Water. Bodies of water ; Names of water, or the idea of order at Mare à Clay ; Bodies on the water
  • Land's end. Oil and water ; Gulf ; Nets ; Ghost nets ; Micaculous draught of fish ; Fish stories: a methodological appendix
  • Afterword.