‘Our bones are made of Iron’: the political ecology of Garhwali women's activism

In the Garhwal Himalaya of India's Uttarakhand State, a series of social movements emerged in the late 2000s to contest hydroelectric dams on a tributary of the sacred River Ganga. Within these opposition movements, men often took high-profile leadership roles whereas women from a range of soci...

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Main Author: Drew, Georgina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2014
In: The Australian journal of anthropology
Year: 2014, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 287-303
Further subjects:B Garhwal India
B River Ganga
B political ecology
B gender and environment
B Social Movements
B hydroelectric development
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