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The Social Life of Water (Paperback)
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The Social Life of Water (Paperback)
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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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