03231nam 22006615 450 991078687220332120230126210354.00-300-18957-50-300-18830-710.12987/9780300189575(CKB)2670000000372618(EBL)3421234(SSID)ssj0000872951(PQKBManifestationID)12431079(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000872951(PQKBWorkID)10867268(PQKB)11602258(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157736(MiAaPQ)EBC3421234(DE-B1597)485943(OCoLC)849493504(DE-B1597)9780300189575(EXLCZ)99267000000037261820200424h20132013 fg 0engurnnu---|u||utxtccrDancing with the River People and Life on the Chars of South Asia /Gopa Samanta, Kuntala Lahiri-DuttNew Haven, CT :Yale University Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (297 p.)Yale Agrarian Studies SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Acknowledgments --Abbreviations --Chapter 1. Introducing Chars --Chapter 2. Char Jage --Chapter 3. Controlling the River to Free Up Land --Chapter 4. Bhitar o Bahir Katha --Chapter 5. Silent Footfalls --Chapter 6. Living with Risk --Chapter 7. Livelihoods Defined by Water --Chapter 8. Living on Chars, Drifting with Rivers --Appendix --Notes --Glossary --References --IndexWith 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.Yale agrarian studies series.Human beingsEffect of environment onSouth AsiaHuman ecologySouth AsiaRiver lifeSouth AsiaSouth AsiaEconomic conditionsSouth AsiaRural conditionsSouth AsiaSocial conditionsSouth AsiaSocial life and customsHuman beingsEffect of environment onHuman ecologyRiver life304.2095414Lahiri-Dutt Kuntalaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut415187Samanta Gopaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910786872203321Dancing with the River3778502UNINA