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Enemy lines : childhood, warfare, and play in Batticaloa /
Enemy Lines captures the extraordinary story of boys and girls coming of age during a civil war. Margaret Trawick lived and worked in Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka, where thousands of youths have been recruited into the Sri Lankan armed resistance movement known as the Tamil Tigers. This compellin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Philip E. Lilienthal Asian studies imprint
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Enemy Lines captures the extraordinary story of boys and girls coming of age during a civil war. Margaret Trawick lived and worked in Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka, where thousands of youths have been recruited into the Sri Lankan armed resistance movement known as the Tamil Tigers. This compelling account of her experiences is a powerful exploration of how children respond to the presence of war and how adults have responded to the presence of children in this conflict. Her beautifully written account, which includes voices of the teenagers and young adults who have joined the Tamil. |
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| Notas: | "A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--P [ii] "A Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies"--Page 4 of cover |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 307 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-297) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780520938878 0520938879 9781429471763 142947176X |