Contested Coastlines

Fisherfolk, Nations and Borders in South Asia
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-17610-5
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 251 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 337 g

This book is about the tragic journeys and livelihood insecurities of coastal fisherfolk jailed by India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for having entered each other‘s territorial waters. While reflecting on national anxieties and the deleterious politics of boundaries, it reveals how these fisherfolk create alternative maps and a new world of

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gupta, Charu

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Beyond Borders: The Indian Ocean Region in South Asia 3. Fisherfolk as Prisoners of War: India and Pakistan 4. The Killing Waters: India and Sri Lanka 5. Ironies of Identities: India and Bangladesh 6. Unruly Fisherfolk in the Eyes of Law 7. Conclusion. Notes and References. Index

Über Autor(innen)

Charu Gupta is Post-doctoral Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Delhi and teaches history at the University of Delhi. She did her PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Her publications include the book Sexuality, Obscenity, Community: Women, Muslims and the Hindu Public in Colonial India (2001), and several articles on gender, sexuality, fundamentalism and nationalism in various national and international journals.

Mukul Sharma is Director of Amnesty International in India. He is a journalist, writer, trade unionist and a developmental professional and writes extensively on environment, development and labour. He has authored Landscapes and Lives: Environmental Dispatches on Rural India (2001) and edited Improving People‘s Lives: Lessons in Empowerment from Asia (2003).