Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Methodology: (Feminist) Ethnography in Crisis -- Chapter 3: Navigating Through Shocks: Mīṉavar of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry -- Chapter 4: Flooding Urbanity: Narratives from Safai Karamcharis of Guwahati, Assam -- Chapter 5: Living Among Waste:...

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