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On the Banks of the Ganga: When Wastewater Meets a Sacred River
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Description for On the Banks of the Ganga: When Wastewater Meets a Sacred River
Paperback. Explores the collision of sacred purity with environmental pollution of the river Ganga (Ganges) Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 photographs, 3 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
In this rich ethnographic study, Kelly D. Alley sheds light on debates about water uses, wastewater management, and the meanings of waste and sacred power. On the Banks of the Ganga analyzes the human predicaments that result from the accumulation and disposal of waste by tracing how citizens of India interpret the impact of wastewater flows on a sacred river and on their own cultural practices.
Alley investigates ethno-semantic, discursive, and institutional data to flesh out the interplay between religious, scientific, and official discourses about the river Ganga. Using a new outward layering methodology, she points out that anthropological ... Read more
In this rich ethnographic study, Kelly D. Alley sheds light on debates about water uses, wastewater management, and the meanings of waste and sacred power. On the Banks of the Ganga analyzes the human predicaments that result from the accumulation and disposal of waste by tracing how citizens of India interpret the impact of wastewater flows on a sacred river and on their own cultural practices.
Alley investigates ethno-semantic, discursive, and institutional data to flesh out the interplay between religious, scientific, and official discourses about the river Ganga. Using a new outward layering methodology, she points out that anthropological ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472068081
SKU
V9780472068081
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Kelly D. Alley is Associate Professor and Director of Anthropology at Auburn University. In addition to being a prolific writer, she has conducted research on public culture and environmental issues in northern India for over a decade. Alley is currently overseeing a project to ameliorate river pollution problems in India.
Reviews for On the Banks of the Ganga: When Wastewater Meets a Sacred River
The book is exemplary in its patient, detailed parsing of one of the most powerful examples of the sort of colliding cultural categories and definitions which ethnographers face more often than many are willing to admit." —Journal of Anthropological Research "...in a manner that commands respect, Alley provides an empirically grounded, as well as theoretically astute, model of how ... Read more