A Wetland Biography: Seasons on Louisiana's Chenier Plain

Louisiana's Chenier Plain is a 2,200-square-mile region of marshes and oak-covered ridges (cheniers) that stretches along the...
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Author: Gay M. Gomez
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Language: English
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A Wetland Biography: Seasons on Louisiana's Chenier Plain by Gomez, Gay M.

A Wetland Biography: Seasons on Louisiana's Chenier Plain

€63,90

A Wetland Biography: Seasons on Louisiana's Chenier Plain

€63,90
Author: Gay M. Gomez
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Louisiana's Chenier Plain is a 2,200-square-mile region of marshes and oak-covered ridges (cheniers) that stretches along the Gulf of Mexico from Sabine Lake to Vermilion Bay. Its inhabitants, some 6,000 people of Cajun and other ancestries, retain strong economic and cultural ties to the land and its teeming wildlife. They call it paradise...but it is a vulnerable paradise. In this multifaceted study, Gay Gomez explores the interaction of the land, people, and wildlife of the Chenier Plain, revealing both the uniqueness of the region and the challenges it faces.

After describing the geography and history of the Chenier Plain, Gomez turns to the lifeways of its people. Drawing on their words and stories, she tells how the chenier dwellers combine modern occupations with traditional pursuits such as alligator and waterfowl hunting, fur trapping, and fishing. She shows how these traditions of wildlife use provide both economic incentives for conservation and a source of personal and place identity. This portrait of a "working wetland" reveals how wildlife use and appreciation can give rise to a stewardship that balances biological, economic, and cultural concerns in species and habitat protection.



Author: Gay M. Gomez
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 12/01/1998
Pages: 286
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.04w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780292728127

About the Author
Gomez, Gay M.: - Gay M. Gomez is Assistant Professor of Geography at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

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