Annu Jalais

Forest of Tigers (eBook, PDF)

People, Politics and Environment in the Sundarbans

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Produktbeschreibung

This ethnographic account discusses what tigers mean for the islanders of the Sundarbans, the mangrove islands of the Bengal delta, acclaimed for its unique ecosystem and Royal Bengal tigers. It provides new theoretical insights to understand social relations in the region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136198694
• Artikelnr.: 41066091

Autorenporträt

Annu Jalais is Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements List of Figures Note on Transliteration 1. Introduction
2. The Village and the Forest 3. Land and Its Hierarchies 4. Is Salt Water
thicker than Blood? 5. Roughing it with Kali: Braving Crocodiles, Relatives
and the Bhadralok 6. Sharing History with Tigers 7. Unmasking the
Cosmopolitan Tiger 8. Conclusion: Beneath the Tiger Mask, the Human face of
the Sundarbans Glossary Bibliography Index