The Sri Lankan Tamils

Ethnicity And Identity

Chelvadurai Manogaran, Bryan Pfaffenberger (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

262 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-29627-8 (ISBN)

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Within the larger context of bitter ethnic strife in Sri Lanka, this timely volume assembles a multidisciplinary group of scholars to explore the central issue of Tamil identity in this South Asian country. Bringing historical, sociological, political, and geographical perspectives to bear on the subject, the contributors analyze various aspects of

Manogaran, Chelvadurai, Pfaffenberger, Bryan

Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Sri Lankan Tamils -- Sri Lanka's Tamils: Under Colonial Rule -- Tamils and the Meaning of History -- Colonization as Politics: Political Use of Space in Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict -- The Colombo Man, the Jaffna Man, and the Batticaloa Man: Regional Identities and the Rise of the Federal Party -- The Political Construction of Defensive Nationalism: The 1968 Temple Entry Crisis in Sri Lanka -- The "Groups" and the Rise of Militant Secessionism -- The Material Basis for Separatism: The Tamil Eelam Movement in Sri Lanka -- Afterword: The Future of Sinhala-Tamil Relations

Erscheinungsdatum	01.07.2020
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	1090 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-367-29627-6 / 0367296276
ISBN-13	978-0-367-29627-8 / 9780367296278
Zustand	Neuware