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In my mother's house : civil war in Sri Lanka /
This book examines how ordinary families and communities of minority groups in Sri Lanka have dealt with prolonged civil war and resulting issues as diverse as child recruitment, generational and gender conflicts, political terror, refugee camp life, ethnic nationalism, and migration and mobility.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Ethnography of political violence.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note on transliteration
- Foreword / Obeyesekere, Gananath
- Introduction: In My Mother's House
- Chapter one. Growing Up at War: Self-Formation, Individuality, and the LTTE
- Chapter two. The House of Secrets: Mothers, Daughters, and Inheritance
- Chapter three. From Muslims to Northern Muslims: Ethnicity, Eviction, and Displacement
- Chapter four. Becoming of This Place? Northern Muslim Futures After Eviction
- Chapter five. The Generation of Militancy: Gender Militancy, and Self-Transformation
- Chapter six. Conclusions from Tamil Colombo
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Acknowledgments.