Lewis Island in Lambertville, New Jersey, is the site of the Lewis
Fishery, the last haul seine American shad fishery on the nontidal
Delaware River. The Lewis family has fished in the same spot since
1888 and operated the fishery through five generations. The
extended Lewis family, its fishery's crew, and the Lambertville
community connect with people throughout the region, including
environmentalists concerned about the river. It was a Lewis who
raised the alarm and helped resurrect a polluted river and its
biosphere. While this once exclusively masculine activity is
central to the tiny island, today men, women, and children fish,
living out a sense of place, belonging, and sustainability. In
Another Haul: Narrative Stewardship and Cultural Sustainability at
the Lewis Family Fishery, author Charlie Groth highlights the
traditional, vernacular, and everyday cultural expressions of the
family and crew to understand how community, culture, and the
environment intersect. Groth argues there is a system of narrative
here that combines verbal activities and everyday activities. On
the basis of over two decades of participation and observation,
interviews, surveys, and a wide variety of published sources, Groth
identifies a phenomenon she calls ""narrative stewardship."" This
narrative system, emphasizing place, community, and commitment, in
turn, encourages environmental and cultural stewardship, tradition,
and community. Intricate and embedded, the system appears
invisible, but careful study unpacks and untangles how people,
often unconsciously, foster sustainability. Though an ethnography
of an occupation, the volume encourages readers to consider what
arises as special about all cultures and what needs to be seen and
preserved.
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