Contested Coastlines: Fisherfolk, Nations and Borders in South Asia

by Charu Gupta

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367176106
• ISBN13: 9780367176105
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"