Contested coastlines fisherfolk, nations, and borders in South Asia / [Book] :
Charu Gupta and Mukul Sharma.
- New Delhi : Routledge, 2008.
- x, 251 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-240) and index.
1. Introduction -- Ecology, capitalism and conflict -- Tyranny of the National: Disciplining bodies -- Fisherfolk flows: Ambiguities of identities -- On the Fisher's body: human rights and suffering -- 2. Beyond borders: the Indian Ocean Region in South Asia -- Histories memories, movements in the South Asian Indian Ocean Region -- Natural and human resources in the Indian Ocean -- Fishing industry, unequal distribution and the Blue Crisis -- Towards sustainable seas? -- 3. Fisherfolk as 'Prisoners of War': India and Pakistan -- Cartographic dilemmas: the Sir reek Dispute -- Depleting fish catch -- Structures of fishing -- Omnipotent state and marginalised populations -- An exchange protocol: a chronicle of arrests and releases -- 4. The killing waters: India and Sri Lanka -- The manifold (ab)uses of law -- Tormented bodies: Fisherfolk and their families -- A fluid and dispersed community -- The universalising impact of capital -- Caught in a conflict warp -- Ethnic conflicts, terrorism and Fisherfolk -- What is to be done? -- 5. Ironies of identities: India and Bangladesh -- Politics of borders and maritime disputes -- Harsh habitations: poverty, fishing, ecological malaise and migrations -- Shifting terrains of nationalism and communalism: paradoxes of crossings -- Actions from above and visions for future -- 6. 'Unruly' Fisherfolk in the eyes of law -- Historical evolution of the law of the seas -- Maritime (F)laws in South Asia.
On the fishers of South Asia, their economic conditions, and coastal zone management in the region; a study.
All.
0415449057 9780415449052
Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office Rs650.00
Fishers--Economic conditions.--South Asia Coastal zone management--South Asia.