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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457590403321

Autore

Trawick Margaret

Titolo

Enemy lines [[electronic resource] ] : warfare, childhood, and play in Batticaloa / / Margaret Trawick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2007

ISBN

9786612358159

1-282-35815-4

0-520-93887-9

1-4337-0971-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Philip E. Lilienthal Asian studies imprint

Disciplina

954.93032

Soggetti

Children and violence - Sri Lanka - Batticaloa District

Children and war - Sri Lanka - Batticaloa District

Children - Sri Lanka - Batticaloa District - Social conditions

Tamil (Indic people) - Sri Lanka - Batticaloa District - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Batticaloa District (Sri Lanka) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies"--P. [4] of cover.

"A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--P [ii].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Tamil Transliterations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Past -- 3. March 1996 -- 4. Vasanta And Rosa -- 5. About Vithusa -- 6. What Menan Showed Me -- 7. Girls In The LTTE -- 8. Boys In The LTTE -- 9. Spectacles And Mysteries -- 10. Look For What You Do Not See -- Notes -- References -- General Index -- Index Of People -- Index Of Places

Sommario/riassunto

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 Tigers, brings alive a region where childhood, warfare, and play have become commingled in a world of continuous uncertainty.