Description: The Social Life of WaterAuthor(s): John R. Wagner Format: Hardback Publisher: Berghahn Books, United Kingdom Imprint: Berghahn Books ISBN-13: 9780857459664, 978-0857459664 Synopsis Everywhere in the world communities and nations organize themselves in relation to water. We divert water from rivers, lakes, and aquifers to our homes, workplaces, irrigation canals, and hydro-generating stations. We use it for bathing, swimming, recreation, and it functions as a symbol of purity in ritual performances. In order to facilitate and manage our relationship with water, we develop institutions, technologies, and cultural practices entirely devoted to its appropriation and distribution, and through these institutions we construct relations of class, gender, ethnicity, and nationality. Relying on first-hand ethnographic research, the contributors to this volume examine the social life of water in diverse settings and explore the impacts of commodification, urbanization, and technology on the availability and quality of water supplies. Each case study speaks to a local set of issues, but the overall perspective is global, with representation from all continents.
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Book Title: The Social Life of Water
Number of Pages: 326 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: The Social Life of Water
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication Year: 2013
Subject: Geology, Anthropology
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 603 g
Type: Textbook
Author: John R. Wagner
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Hardcover
