Noodlers in Missouri
Subtitle: fishing for identity in a rural subculture
By: Mary Grigsby
Publisher: Truman State University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Kirksville, Mo
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781612480619; 9781612480626
Subjects: Social life and customs; Subculture; Fishers; Interviews; Catfishing; Fishing; Psychological aspects; Rural conditions; Identity (Psychology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "You Touch the Fish" : Noodling as a Cultural Practice; title: A Special Breed of Men : Affirming a Worthy Identity through Noodling; title: Caring Women, Helpmates, Daddy's Girls, and Tomboys : Women and Noodling; title: Everyday Resistance and Political Action : Defining the Noodling Way of Life as Worthy; title: Eating Fried Catfish : Cultural Construction of a Way of Life; title: Afterword; title: Appendix: Theory, Methodology, and Literature Review.