{"product_id":"places-in-knots-9781501766893","title":"Places in Knots","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracing the experiences of mobile Himalayans across the globe, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlaces in Knots\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e describes the ways in which Himalayan people relate to the multiple places they inhabit and the work and trouble of keeping their communities tied together.\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Saxer describes global Himalayan ventures as a form of expansion of community rather than out-migration. Moving out does not sever the bonds of community. Instead, it is the pull that tightens the knot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoffee-table books and trekking agencies continue to advertise the Himalayas as remote hidden valleys, and NGOs see them as fragile mountain ecosystems to be protected from global forces of destruction. \u003ci\u003ePlaces in Knots\u003c\/i\u003e shows how these tropes of remoteness inform development and conservation policies and thus shape the contexts in which Himalayan connections with the wider world are forged and maintained. Following Himalayan journeys between valleys in Nepal and beyond, Saxer draws a picture of globalizati\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue: Juggling Worlds\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 1: Locality and Community\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Tying Places into Knots\u003cbr\u003e 2. Moving In, Moving Up, Moving Out\u003cbr\u003e Interlude: A Son's Uncertain Ambitions\u003cbr\u003e 3. Binding Rules\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Pathways\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Business of Wayfaring\u003cbr\u003e 5. A Quest for Roads\u003cbr\u003e Interlude: A Mound of Rice\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Labor of Distribution\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 3: Interventions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Interlude: Kailash - Truly Sacred\u003cbr\u003e 7. Curation at Large\u003cbr\u003e 8. Landscapes, Dreamscapes\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mapping Mountains\u003cbr\u003e 10. Translating Ambitions\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Navidad Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409367671127,"sku":"9781501766893","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501766893.jpg?v=1730506558","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/places-in-knots-9781501766893","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}