Pain, Pride, and Politics : Social Movement Activism and the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora in Canada /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Amarnath Amarasingam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press, 2015.
Edición:1st edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tamil (Indic people)
Social movements.
Group identity.
Emigration and immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Tamouls > Canada.
Mouvements sociaux > Sri Lanka.
Identite collective > Sri Lanka.
Tamil (Indic people) > Canada.
Social movements > Sri Lanka.
Group identity > Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka.
Canada.
Sri Lanka > Histoire > 1983-2009 (Guerre civile)
Sri Lanka > History > Civil War, 1983-2009.
Canada > Emigration and immigration.
Sri Lanka > Emigration and immigration.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Civil war in Sri Lanka and the birth of the Tamil diaspora
  • The rise and fall of tamil militancy in Sri Lanka
  • Tamil migration to Canada : the turbulent 1980s and the birth of a community
  • The Tamil diaspora as a social movement
  • Taking to the streets : diaspora mobilization, frame wars, and the 2009 protests
  • New leadership, new organizations, and new hurdles
  • Tamil youth and postwar movement identity
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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