Ritual and Recovery in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka.

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Following over twenty years of war, Sri Lanka's longest cease-fire (2002-2006) provided a final opportunity for an inclusive peace settlement between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). However, hostilities resumed with ever increasing desperation and fero...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Derges, Jane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge contemporary South Asia series.
Temas:
Tamil (Indic people) > Sri Lanka > Jaffna District > Religion.
Peace-building > Sri Lanka > Jaffna District.
Political violence > Sri Lanka > Jaffna District.
Healing > Sri Lanka > Jaffna District.
Medical anthropology > Sri Lanka > Jaffna District.
RELIGION > Hinduism > History.
Healing
Medical anthropology
Peace-building
Political violence
Tamil (Indic people) > Religion
Jaffna District (Sri Lanka) > Religious life and customs.
Sri Lanka > Jaffna District
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Sumario:Following over twenty years of war, Sri Lanka's longest cease-fire (2002-2006) provided a final opportunity for an inclusive peace settlement between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). However, hostilities resumed with ever increasing desperation and ferocity on both sides, until the LTTE were overcome and largely eradicated in 2009. This book provides a contextualised analysis of the effects of war on a small Tamil community living in northern Sri Lanka during the cease-fire period. It examines how the society changed and adapted in order to ac.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (233 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781136214882
1136214887

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