03265oam 2200709I 450 991078658810332120230803024748.00-203-09780-71-283-86153-41-136-22418-110.4324/9780203097809 (CKB)2670000000299277(EBL)1092715(OCoLC)820787672(SSID)ssj0000784851(PQKBManifestationID)12317008(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784851(PQKBWorkID)10783541(PQKB)10759821(MiAaPQ)EBC1092715(Au-PeEL)EBL1092715(CaPaEBR)ebr10632496(CaONFJC)MIL417403(OCoLC)897436079(FINmELB)ELB135236(EXLCZ)99267000000029927720180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEveryday ethnicity in Sri Lanka up-country Tamil identity politics /Daniel BassLondon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (249 p.)Routledge contemporary South Asia series ;61Routledge contemporary South Asia series ;61Description based upon print version of record.0-415-52624-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-216) and index.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.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 argRoutledge Contemporary South Asia SeriesMalaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)Ethnic identityMalaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)Government policySri LankaTamil diasporaMalaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)Politics and governmentSri LankaRace relationsPolitical aspectsSri LankaPolitics and government1978-Malaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)Ethnic identity.Malaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)Government policyTamil diaspora.Malaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)Politics and government.305.89/481105493Bass Daniel.944294MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786588103321Everyday ethnicity in Sri Lanka3772317UNINA