Contested Coastlines - Fisherfolk, Nations and Borders in South Asia

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

List of contents

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

About the author

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).

Summary

This ground-breaking 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 ofdebordering.

Product details

• Authors: Charu Gupta, Charu Sharma Gupta, Gupta Charu, Mukul Sharma
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.2019
• EAN: 9780367176105
• ISBN: 978-0-367-17610-5
• No. of pages: 251
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, Anthropology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, International business, Regional & area planning, Central / national / federal government policies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Central government policies, Regional and area planning