Buoyancy on the Bayou – Shrimpers Face the Rising Tide of Globalization
Autor Jill Ann. Harrisonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 dec 2012
In Buoyancy on the Bayou, Jill Ann Harrison portrays the struggles that Louisiana shrimp fishers endure to remain afloat in an industry beset by globalization. Her in-depth interviews with more than fifty individuals working in or associated with shrimp fishing in a small town in Louisiana offer a portrait of shrimp fishers' lives just before the BP oil spill in 2010, which helps us better understand what has happened since the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Harrison shows that shrimp fishers go through a careful calculation of noneconomic costs and benefits as they grapple to figure out what their next move will be. Many willingly forgo opportunities in other industries to fulfill what they perceive as their cultural calling. Others reluctantly leave fishing behind for more lucrative work, but they mourn the loss of a livelihood upon which community and family structures are built. In this gripping account of the struggle to survive amid the waves of globalization, Harrison focuses her analysis at the intersection of livelihood, family, and community and casts a bright light upon the cultural importance of the work that we do.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780801478338
ISBN-10: 0801478332
Pagini: 200
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: MB – Cornell University Press
ISBN-10: 0801478332
Pagini: 200
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: MB – Cornell University Press
Descriere
Portrays the struggles that Louisiana shrimp fishers endure to remain afloat in an industry beset by globalization.