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Cover 1 Title Page, Copyright 2 Contents 6 List of Illustrations 8 Prelude: Development Encounters in Religious Landscapes 14 Introduction. Dams on the Ganga: Movements and Countermovements 26 Interlude: Please Join Us 46 1. Knowing the Ganga: How a River Is “Many Things” 51 Interlude: Why Wouldn’t We Cry? 82 2. Loving the Ganga: Semi-Urban Women and Religious Affect 86 Interlude: A Five-Minute Song 114 3. Defending the Ganga: Mountain Women’s Activism 119 Interlude: A Pro-Dam Rally 147 4. Saving the Ganga: Insiders, Outsiders, and Activist Politics 151 Interlude: Sarita Changes Tune 178 5. Eco-Zones on the Ganga: The Politics of Exceptionalism 182 Epilogue: Development and Livelihoods in the Himalaya 211 Acknowledgments 224 Notes 228 References 248 Index 274 Publisher:University of Arizona Press,Published:2017,ISBN:9780816536276,Related ISBN:9780816535101,Language:English,OCLC:973543995 India’s sacred Ganga River is arguably one of the most iconic sites for worship, with a continuity of rituals for the living and the dead that span over two millennia. Along the river, from high in the Himalaya to the vast plains below, people gather daily to worship the Ganga through prayer and so
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- Author
- Georgina Drew
- Publisher
- The University of Arizona Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780816535101
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Social_sciences
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