This book explores the question of why fishing communities continue their struggle to survive, despite often calamitous changes in ecology and economy. Using historical ethnography as a lens through which to understand how fishers of the Bigouden region of France and their families have reinvented themselves, Menzies argues that local identity plays an important role in their perseverance as global capitalist pressures continually force them to reorganize or disappear entirely. Touching on many concepts that are fundamental to anthropology-culture, identity, kinship, work, political economy,…mehr
This book explores the question of why fishing communities continue their struggle to survive, despite often calamitous changes in ecology and economy. Using historical ethnography as a lens through which to understand how fishers of the Bigouden region of France and their families have reinvented themselves, Menzies argues that local identity plays an important role in their perseverance as global capitalist pressures continually force them to reorganize or disappear entirely. Touching on many concepts that are fundamental to anthropology-culture, identity, kinship, work, political economy, and globalization-and filled with personal stories and warmth, this ethnography will be a welcome teaching tool for instructors and an enticing read for students.
Charles R. Menzies is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia and Director of the Ethnographic Film Unit. He is director of an accompanying film about the Breton fishery, Face a la Tempete-Weather the Storm (Bullfrog Films, 2008) and editor of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Management (University of Nebraska Press, 2006).
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures and Tables Preface Introduction Situating the Field Where is the Bigoudennie? Part One: A Local Politics of Survival 1. Social Struggle at "la fin de siècle" Night of Fire On to Crisis Days of Protest The Impact of the Crisis on Everyday Life Neo-Liberal Globalization and Social Conflict Conclusion 2. Symbols of Struggle: Red Flags, Lace Coiffes, and Social Class Strikes and Demonstrations Putting Food on the Table Symbols of the Strikes and Demonstrations Lace Coiffes and Industrial Work Conclusion Part Two: The Material Conditions of the Everyday 3. Episode, Not Epoch: Building Capitalism in the Hinterland From Peasant to Worker The Rise of the Trawl Fishery Social Relations of Production Conclusion 4. Working at Sea A Day at Sea Skippers, Crews, and the Family at Sea Work First! Eat Later: Social Class at Sea Social Class and the Artisanal Fishing Experience The Development of the Bigouden Fishing Fleet Boats and their General Characteristics Conclusion 5. Working Ashore Fishermen and Women in Fishing Communities: A Global Overview Women's Work and Fishing in the Bigoudennie Socio-economic Differences and Women's Work Conclusion 6. The Difference a Family Makes Luc and Martine Kernevad Gilbert and Catherine Bazhad Families and the Maintenance of Property Conclusion The Argument The Future of the Bigouden Fishery Glossary References Index
List of Figures and Tables Preface Introduction Situating the Field Where is the Bigoudennie? Part One: A Local Politics of Survival 1. Social Struggle at "la fin de siècle" Night of Fire On to Crisis Days of Protest The Impact of the Crisis on Everyday Life Neo-Liberal Globalization and Social Conflict Conclusion 2. Symbols of Struggle: Red Flags, Lace Coiffes, and Social Class Strikes and Demonstrations Putting Food on the Table Symbols of the Strikes and Demonstrations Lace Coiffes and Industrial Work Conclusion Part Two: The Material Conditions of the Everyday 3. Episode, Not Epoch: Building Capitalism in the Hinterland From Peasant to Worker The Rise of the Trawl Fishery Social Relations of Production Conclusion 4. Working at Sea A Day at Sea Skippers, Crews, and the Family at Sea Work First! Eat Later: Social Class at Sea Social Class and the Artisanal Fishing Experience The Development of the Bigouden Fishing Fleet Boats and their General Characteristics Conclusion 5. Working Ashore Fishermen and Women in Fishing Communities: A Global Overview Women's Work and Fishing in the Bigoudennie Socio-economic Differences and Women's Work Conclusion 6. The Difference a Family Makes Luc and Martine Kernevad Gilbert and Catherine Bazhad Families and the Maintenance of Property Conclusion The Argument The Future of the Bigouden Fishery Glossary References Index
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