{"product_id":"return-to-yakni-chitto-monique-verdin-9781608012688","title":"Return to Yakni Chitto: Houma Migrations","description":"\u003cp\u003eHundreds of years ago, Terrebonne Parish was known to Indigenous peoples as \"Yakni Chitto,\"\u003cbr\u003ewhich means \"Big Country.\" Located between the Mississippi and Atchafalaya, Monique's father's\u003cbr\u003eparents were born along Bayou Pointe-aux-Chenes into a small Houma community. Migrating to Lower St. Bernard Parish each winter to trap, they eventually bought land along Bayou Terre-aux-\u003cbr\u003eBoeufs. Monique spent a large part of her childhood with her grandmother, Armantine Marie Bil-\u003cbr\u003eliot Verdin, and in the 1990s began to document their family's deep connection to South Louisiana in black and white photographs. As she writes in the book, \"I've been trying to make sense of the strange beauty left here--the\u003cbr\u003emagic that is entangled in the ugliest underbelly of a plantation economy surrendered to the\u003cbr\u003epetro-chemical industry.\" In conversation with writers, family members, and theatre-makers, \u003cbr\u003eMonique shares how multiracial collectives in South Louisiana have come together to honor and\u003cbr\u003eprotect their homes and work towards a shared future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Monique Verdin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1608012689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781608012688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of New Orleans Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Monique Verdin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46618072154367,"sku":"9781608012688","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ab1d8377-79a1-476c-ba29-0c515998f1f8.jpg?v=1740069091","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/return-to-yakni-chitto-monique-verdin-9781608012688","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}