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Bayou Harvest - Subsistence Practice in Coastal Louisiana
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Bayou Harvest - Subsistence Practice in Coastal Louisiana
Series: America's Third Coast Series
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To inhabitants of the Gulf Coast region of Louisiana, food is much
more than nourishment. The acts of gathering, preparing, and
sharing food are ways to raise children, bond with friends, and
build community. In Bayou Harvest: Subsistence Practice in Coastal
Louisiana, Shana Walton and Helen A. Regis examine how coastal
residents deploy self-reliance and care for each other through
harvesting and sharing food. Pulling from four years of fieldwork
and study, Walton and Regis explore harvesting, hunting, and
foraging by Native Americans, Cajuns, and other Bayou residents.
This engagement with Indigenous thinkers and their neighbors yields
a multifaceted view of subsistence in Louisiana. Readers will learn
about coastal residents’ love for the land and water, their deep
connections to place, and how they identify with their food and
game heritage. The book also delves into their worries about the
future, particularly storms, pollution, and land loss in the
coastal region. Using a set of narratives that documents the
everyday food practices of these communities, the authors conclude
that subsistence is not so much a specific tasks like peeling
shrimp or harvesting sassafras, but is fundamentally about what
these activities mean to the people of the coast. Drawn together
with immersive writing, this book explores a way of life that is
vibrant, built on deep historical roots, and profoundly threatened
by the gulf’s shrinking coast.
General
Imprint: |
University Press Of Mississippi
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
America's Third Coast Series |
Release date: |
2024 |
Authors: |
Helen A. Regis
• Shana Walton
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4968-4907-6 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-4968-4907-8 |
Barcode: |
9781496849076 |
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