Bonded bodies: Coastal fisherfolk, everyday migrations, and national anxieties in India and Sri Lanka

Cultural Dynamics

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 237-255

  Gupta, Charu ^a  

^a Nehru Memorial Museum and Library   (India)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Capital; Conflict; Ecology; Fisheries; Identity; Sea laws; State; Suffering

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CARTOGRAPHY; COASTAL FISHERY; CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; DIASPORA; FISHING COMMUNITY; MARITIME BOUNDARY; MIGRATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 34548710330     PISSN: 09213740     EISSN: 14617048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0921374007080293     Document Type: Article

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