Pathways of Dissent : Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka
R. Cheran
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | New Delhi : : SAGE India, , 2009.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (332 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Pathways of Dissent: An Introduction; 1 - Nationalism, Historiography and Archaeology in Sri Lanka; 2 - Towards Understanding Militant Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka; 3 - Brides as Bridges? Movements, Actors, Documents and Anticipation in Constructing Tamilness; 4 - Confi guring Spaces and Constructing Nations in Sri Lankan Tamil Literature; 5 - Painting the Artist's Self: Location, Relocation and the Metamorphosis; 6 - Being Tamil in a Different Way: A Feminist Critique of the Tamil Nation. - 7 - Making Sense of the Census in Sri Lanka: Up-country Tamils and Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism8 - The Economics of Tamil Nationalism: Evolution and Challenges; 9 - Nationalism in the Era of Neo-liberalism: The Changing Global Parameters of Self-determination and Statehood; Appendix; Bibliography; About the Editor and Contributors; Index. - Sri Lanka, the 'Teardrop Isle', has been under international attention for more than two decades for its ethnic conflict and civil war, and recently, under intense media scrutiny for what seems like a decisive end to the civil war. While the ethnic conflict and the civil war have been the subjects of numerous academic and non-academic studies in both the East and the West, there has been no significant research on nationalism, particularly Tamil nationalism, as it manifests itself in Sri Lanka. Pathways of Dissent: Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka endeavours to fill this important academic gap t
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| ISBN | 9788132102229
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