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UNINA9910816895603321 |
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Autore |
Bass Daniel |
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Titolo |
Everyday ethnicity in Sri Lanka : up-country Tamil identity politics / / Daniel Bass |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-203-09780-7 |
1-283-86153-4 |
1-136-22418-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; ; 61 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Malaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people) - Ethnic identity |
Malaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people) - Government policy - Sri Lanka |
Tamil diaspora |
Malaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people) - Politics and government |
Sri Lanka Race relations Political aspects |
Sri Lanka Politics and government 1978- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-216) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: ethnicity at work -- A diaspora next door -- Being a Tamil the up-country way -- Becoming Sri Lankan -- Agency, apathy and alienation -- The coming of the goddess -- Stages of ethnicity -- Home and homeland -- Conclusion: up-country Tamil identity politics. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Focusing on notions of diaspora, identity and agency, this book examines ethnicity in war-torn Sri Lanka. It highlights the historical development and negotiation of a new identification of Up-country Tamil amidst Sri Lanka's violent ethnic politics. Over the past thirty years, Up-country (Indian) Tamils generally have tried to secure their vision of living within a multi-ethnic Sri Lanka, not within Tamil Eelam, the separatist dream that ended with the civil war in 2009. Exploring Sri Lanka within the deep history of colonial-era South Asian plantation diasporas, the book arg |
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