Losing ground : identity and land loss in coastal Louisiana / David M. Burley ; foreword by Sara Crosby ; afterword by T. Mayheart Dardar and Thomas Dardar
1 online resource (xv, 166 pages, [8] pages of plates)
Contents
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Losing Louisiana: A Meditation on Coastal Land Loss; Chapter Three: Communal Histories; Chapter Four: This Is Our Home: Attachment to the Coast; Chapter Five: Seeing It for Themselves; Chapter Six: Saving Place: Residents and Their Environment; Afterword: The Path Ahead; Appendix; Notes; References; Index
Summary
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
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-163) and index
Notes
English
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