Contested Coastlines: Fisherfolk, Nations and Borders in South Asia

by Charu Gupta

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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
  • ISBN10 0367176106
  • ISBN13 9780367176105
  • Publish Date 25 April 2019 (first published 23 April 2012)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge India
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 251
  • Language English