Shorelines : space and rights in South India / Ajantha Subramanian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Subramanian, Ajantha, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishers--Civil rights--India--Kanniyakumari (District).

Fishers.

Maritime anthropology--India--Kanniyakumari (District).

Maritime anthropology.

Mukkuvars--Civil rights--India--Kanniyakumari (District).

Mukkuvars.

Space--Political aspects--India--Kanniyakumari (District).

Space.

Village communities--India--Kanniyakumari (District).

Village communities.

Catholic Church--Clergy--Political activity--India--Kanniyakumari (District).

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--India--Kanniyakumari (District)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shorelines reveals how spatial imaginaries and practices affect power and politics through a close look at how Catholic fishing communities in southwestern India have defended their role as custodians of the local sea and expressed their rights in relation to church and state.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Terminology; Introduction; Part 1. Genealogies of Inequality and Rights; 1. The Coastal World: Spatial Jurisdictions and Meanings; 2. From the Inland Out: Caste Purity to Caste Modernity; 3. Changing Developmentalisms: Spatializing the Artisan; Part 2. Postcolonial Challenges; 4. Community Development to the Blue Revolution: New Technologies, New Shorelines; 5. Projects of Intermediacy: Regionalism, Artisanal Territory, Appropriate Technology; 6. Locality and Nation: Respatializing Rights Under Neoliberalism; Conclusion; Notes

BibliographyIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-291) and index.

ISBN:

9780804786850

0804786852

OCLC:

815382862