Here, we examine the environmental embeddedness of redneck identity and politics. To do so, we use data from 22 in‐depth, semi‐standardised interviews and participant observation from several rural Illinois River communities whose citizens have had to confront, interpret, and adapt to the arrival of Asian carp, an invasive species that has significantly altered life in the region. Moreover, some community members now organise the ‘Original Redneck Fishin’ Tournament’, an annual event geared toward challenging the continued invasion of Asian carp. We use this tournament as a window into the manner self‐identified redneck communities negotiate the co‐constitutive cultural, political, and material dynamism of local environmental relationships. Findings reveal a great diversity of nuanced ways a specifically redneck identity, politics, and environmental embeddedness build through each other, relationships that must be furthermore contextualised within broader socioenvironmental histories of state and urban interventions upon rural life.

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乡民身份和政治的环境嵌入：农村社区中原始的乡民菲辛的比赛和外来入侵物种

在这里，我们研究乡民身份和政治的环境嵌入性。为此，我们使用来自22个深入半标准化访谈的数据以及来自伊利诺伊州多个农村社区的参与者观察，这些社区的居民不得不面对，诠释并适应亚洲鲤鱼的到来，亚洲鲤鱼的入侵物种非常多。改变了该地区的生活。此外，一些社区成员现在组织了“原始乡下人鱼比赛”，这是一项年度活动，旨在挑战亚洲鲤鱼的持续入侵。我们将本次锦标赛用作了解自我识别的乡下人社区谈判当地环境关系的共同构成的文化，政治和物质动力的方式的窗口。调查结果揭示了多种细微差别的方式，特别是乡土身份，政治，