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Crucible of Conflict : Tamil and Muslim Society on the East Coast of Sri Lanka /

Examines the caste, marriage patterns, ethnicity and religious institutions in the Tamil-speaking Hindu and Muslim communities situated along the eastern coastline of Sri Lanka, exploring the sources of their ethnic and political hostilities in the modern.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McGilvray, Dennis B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The research setting
  • Past and present
  • Issues in comparative ethnography
  • Views of the Tamil caste hierarchy
  • The Tamil high caste alliance
  • The Kudi in action
  • A profile of the Tamil specialist castes
  • The Moors : matrilineal Muslims
  • Muslim elites and specialists
  • Ethnic identities and communal violence
  • Fieldnotes from the war zone.