Dancing with the River People and Life on the Chars of South Asia

With this book Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Gopa Samanta offer an intimate glimpse into the microcosmic world of "hybrid landscapes." Focusing on chars-the part-land, part-water, low-lying sandy masses that exist within the riverbeds in the floodplains of lower Bengal-the authors show how, both...

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Main Authors: Lahiri-Dutt, Kuntala, Samanta, Gopa
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven Yale University Press 25.06.2013
Edition:1
Series:Yale Agrarian Studies Series
Subjects:
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Economic conditions
Effect of environment on
Human beings
Human beings > Effect of environment on > South Asia
Human ecology
Human ecology > South Asia
NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Coastal Regions & Shorelines
River life
River life > South Asia
Rural conditions
Social conditions
Social life and customs
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural
Sociology
South Asia
South Asia > Economic conditions
South Asia > Rural conditions
South Asia > Social conditions
South Asia > Social life and customs
Technology
Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science
ISBN:9780300188301, 0300188307
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Summary:With this book Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Gopa Samanta offer an intimate glimpse into the microcosmic world of "hybrid landscapes." Focusing on chars-the part-land, part-water, low-lying sandy masses that exist within the riverbeds in the floodplains of lower Bengal-the authors show how, both as real-life examples and as metaphors, chars straddle the conventional categories of land and water, and how people who live on them fluctuate between legitimacy and illegitimacy. The result, a study of human habitation in the nebulous space between land and water, charts a new way of thinking about land, people, and people's ways of life.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-262) and index
ISBN:9780300188301
0300188307
DOI:10.12987/9780300189575