{"product_id":"dancing-with-the-river-kuntala-lahiri-dutt-9780300188301","title":"Dancing with the River: People and Life on the Chars of South Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intimate glimpse into the microcosmic world of \"hybrid landscapes\" and their inhabitants\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this book Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt and Gopa Samanta offer an intimate glimpse into the microcosmic world of \"hybrid environments.\" Focusing on chars--the part-land, part-water, low-lying sandy masses that exist within the riverbeds in the floodplains of lower Bengal--the authors show how, both as real-life examples and as metaphors, chars straddle the conventional categories of land and water, and how people who live on them fluctuate between legitimacy and illegitimacy. The result, a study of human habitation in the nebulous space between land and water, charts a new way of thinking about land, people, and people's ways of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt,Gopa Samanta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300188307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300188301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2013","brand":"Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013722288383,"sku":"9780300188301","price":71.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c6ae845-3863-4c49-bc73-6b22f50976d9.jpg?v=1767744361","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dancing-with-the-river-kuntala-lahiri-dutt-9780300188301","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}