Dancing with the River
People and Life on the Chars of South Asia
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Rural, Science & Nature, Technology, Agriculture & Animal Husbandry, Nature
| Author: | Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Gopa Samanta | ISBN: | 9780300189575 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press | Publication: | June 25, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Gopa Samanta |
| ISBN: | 9780300189575 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Publication: | June 25, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
