Reigning the River Rademacher Anne M. Paperback
Reigning the River Rademacher Anne M. Paperback A major contribution to the nascent anthropology of urban environments, Reigning the River illuminates the complexities of river restoration in…
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Reigning the River Rademacher Anne M. Paperback
A major contribution to the nascent anthropology of urban environments, Reigning the River illuminates the complexities of river restoration in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital and one of the fastest-growing cities in South Asia. Rademacher explores the ways that urban riverscape improvement involved multiple actors, each constructing ideals of restoration through contested histories and ideologies of belonging. In this rich ethnography, Anne M.
As clashes between Maoist revolutionaries and the government intensified, She examines competing understandings of river restoration, particularly among bureaucrats in state and conservation-development agencies, cultural heritage activists, and advocates for the security of tens of thousands of rural-to-urban migrants settled along the exposed riverbed.Rademacher conducted research during a volatile period in Nepal's political history.