The political ecology of shrimp aquaculture in Tamil Nadu

A case study from Mayiladuthurai District

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4301745
AutoresNagarajan R Durai (Centre for Socio-Economic and Environmental Studies (CSES), autor correspondente), Babuji K R (Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife Biology)
Ano2023
Volume30
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2023-04-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Political Ecology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1073-0451 • E-ISSN: 1073-0451
EditoraUniversity of Arizona (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2458/jpe.5374
OpenAlexW4362702209
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas11

The primary purpose of this article is to analyze the impact of shrimp aquaculture in Tamil Nadu through a political ecology lens with a case study of a coastal village located in the Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India. The article firstly looks at the shrimp industry in the coastal village as a case that illustrates how global capitalism influence the local economy. Secondly, it identifies ecological degradation due to the commodification of nature and analyzes the social origins of degradation. Commodification alienates nature and people from each other, and its impacts are unevenly felt across social strata especially class, gender and caste lines. The article finally discusses the intersectionality of social difference and differentiates how the impacts of commodification are experienced and responded to

Aquaculture · Biology · Capitalism · Caste · Commodification · Economics · Economy · Fish · Fishery · Geography · Political ecology · Political science · Politics · Shrimp · Shrimp farming · Sociology · Tamil · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Law · Social and Economic Development in India · Ecology