River dialogues : Hindu faith and the political ecology of dams on the sacred Ganga / Georgina Drew.
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TextSeries: Critical green engagementsPublisher: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2017Description: xxii, 257 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780816535101 (hardback)
- Environmentalism -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
- Political ecology -- India -- Uttarakhand
- Politics and culture -- India -- Uttarakhand
- Dams -- Political aspects -- Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)
- Dams -- Social aspects -- Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)
- Sacred space -- India -- Uttarakhand
- 333.91415095451 DRE 23 013024
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: pt. I CULTURAL POLITICS
Interlude: Please Join Us
1.Knowing the Ganga: How a River Is "Many Things"
Interlude: Why Wouldn't We Cry?
2.Loving the Ganga: Semi-Urban Women and Religious Affect
pt. II POLITICAL ECOLOGY
Interlude: A Five-Minute Song
3.Defending the Ganga: Mountain Women's Activism
Interlude: A Pro-Dam Rally
4.Saving the Ganga: Insiders, Outsiders, and Activist Politics
Interlude: Sarita Changes Tune
5.Eco-Zones on the Ganga: The Politics of Exceptionalism.
"River Dialogues is an ethnographic engagement with social movements contesting hydroelectric development on River Ganges"--Provided by publisher.
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