Last Stand of the Louisiana Shrimpers

Emma Christopher Lirette

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English

University Press of Mississippi
24 August 2022

Regional & national history; Social issues & processes; Gender studies: men; Hospitality industry; Conservation of the environment

In recent years, shrimpers on the Louisiana coast have faced a historically dire shrimp season, with the price of shrimp barely high enough to justify trawling. Yet, many of them wouldn’t consider leaving shrimping behind, despite having transferrable skills that could land them jobs in the oil and gas industry. Since 2001, shrimpers have faced increasing challenges to their trade: an influx of shrimp from southeast Asia, several traumatic hurricane seasons, and the largest oil spill at sea in American history.

In Last Stand of the Louisiana Shrimpers, author Emma Christopher Lirette traces how Louisiana Gulf Coast shrimpers negotiate land and blood, sea and freedom, and economic security and networks of control. This book explores what ties shrimpers to their boats and nets. Despite feeling trapped by finances and circumstances, they have created a world in which they have agency.

Lirette provides a richly textured view of the shrimpers of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, calling upon ethnographic fieldwork, archival research, interdisciplinary scholarship, and critical theory. With evocative, lyrical prose, she argues that in persisting to trawl in places that increasingly restrict their way of life, shrimpers build fragile, quietly defiant worlds, adapting to a constantly changing environment. In these flickering worlds, shrimpers reimagine what it means to work and what it means to make a living.

By: Emma Christopher Lirette
Imprint: University Press of Mississippi
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 151g
ISBN: 9781496841452
ISBN 10: 149684145X
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 24 August 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emma Christopher Lirette is a writer and independent scholar. After growing up on the Louisiana Gulf Coast, she earned an MFA in creative writing from Cornell University and a PhD in American studies from Emory University. She currently works in the field of user experience research.

Reviews for Last Stand of the Louisiana Shrimpers

Last Stand of the Louisiana Shrimpers is beautifully and creatively written. Emma Christopher Lirette brings to vivid imagination the vibrant and toilsome world of Louisiana and its fishers. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.--Jill Ann Harrison, author of Buoyancy on the Bayou: Shrimpers Face the Rising Tide of Globalization There are those who write about Louisiana culture and those who live it. Emma Christopher Lirette is one of those rare scholars who has done both. Last Stand of the Louisiana Shrimpers is a compelling story of the Louisiana shrimper, his boat, and his way of life--all of which are gradually and unfortunately succumbing to the ravages of economic, cultural, and environmental change.--Jason P. Theriot, author of American Energy, Imperiled Coast: Oil and Gas Development in Louisiana's Wetlands