
Contested Coastlines
Fisherfolk, Nations and Borders in South Asia
Routledge India (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 25. April 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
251 pages
978-0-367-17610-5 (ISBN)
Description
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
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
337 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-17610-5 (9780367176105)
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Persons
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).
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).
Author
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, India
Amnesty International, India
Content
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