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Violence, Torture and Memory in Sri Lanka : Life after Terror.

Drawing on original ethnographic field-research conducted primarily with former guerrilla insurgents in southern and central Sri Lanka, this book analyses the memories and narratives of people who have perpetrated political violence. It explores how violence is negotiated and lived with in the after...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hughes, Dhana
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Colección:Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian studies series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Drawing on original ethnographic field-research conducted primarily with former guerrilla insurgents in southern and central Sri Lanka, this book analyses the memories and narratives of people who have perpetrated political violence. It explores how violence is negotiated and lived with in the aftermath, and its implications for the self and social relationships from the perspectives of those who have inflicted it. The book sheds ethnographic light on a largely overlooked and little-understood conflict that took place within the majority Sinhala community in the late 1980s, known loca.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (206 pages).
ISBN:9781135038151
1135038155