Losing ground: identity and land loss in coastal Louisiana
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Main Author: Burley, David M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson University Press of Mississippi c2010
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-163) and index
In this book, coastal Louisianans communicate the significance of place and environment. During interviews taken just before the 2005 hurricanes, they send out a plea to alleviate the damage. They speak with an urgency that exemplifies a fear of losing not just property and familiar surroundings, but their identity as well. People along Louisiana's southeastern coast hold a deep attachment to place, and this shows in the urgency of the narratives collected here. The meanings that residents attribute to coastal land loss reflect a tenuous and uprooted sense of self
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 166 p., [8] p. of plates)
ISBN:9781604734898
1604734892

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