05128nam 2200865 a 450 991080931320332120211005012654.01-283-89718-00-8122-0511-110.9783/9780812205114(CKB)3240000000064734(OCoLC)794700599(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642683(SSID)ssj0000606439(PQKBManifestationID)11973783(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606439(PQKBWorkID)10582548(PQKB)10505622(MdBmJHUP)muse14345(DE-B1597)449453(OCoLC)1013941934(OCoLC)979754108(DE-B1597)9780812205114(Au-PeEL)EBL3441931(CaPaEBR)ebr10642683(CaONFJC)MIL420968(MiAaPQ)EBC3441931(EXLCZ)99324000000006473420110712d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIn my mother's house[electronic resource] civil war in Sri Lanka /Sharika Thiranagama1st ed.Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Pressc20111 online resource (315 p.)The Ethnography of Political ViolenceBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8122-2284-9 0-8122-4342-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-287) and index.Front matter --Contents --Note on transliteration --Foreword /Obeyesekere, Gananath --Introduction: In My Mother's House --Chapter one. Growing Up at War: Self-Formation, Individuality, and the LTTE --Chapter two. The House of Secrets: Mothers, Daughters, and Inheritance --Chapter three. From Muslims to Northern Muslims: Ethnicity, Eviction, and Displacement --Chapter four. Becoming of This Place? Northern Muslim Futures After Eviction --Chapter five. The Generation of Militancy: Gender Militancy, and Self-Transformation --Chapter six. Conclusions from Tamil Colombo --Notes --References --Index --AcknowledgmentsIn May 2009, the Sri Lankan army overwhelmed the last stronghold of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam-better known as the Tamil Tigers-officially bringing an end to nearly three decades of civil war. Although the war has ended, the place of minorities in Sri Lanka remains uncertain, not least because the lengthy conflict drove entire populations from their homes. The figures are jarring: for example, all of the roughly 80,000 Muslims in northern Sri Lanka were expelled from the Tamil Tiger-controlled north, and nearly half of all Sri Lankan Tamils were displaced during the course of the civil war. Sharika Thiranagama's In My Mother's House provides ethnographic insight into two important groups of internally displaced people: northern Sri Lankan Tamils and Sri Lankan Muslims. Through detailed engagement with ordinary people struggling to find a home in the world, Thiranagama explores the dynamics within and between these two minority communities, describing how these relations were reshaped by violence, displacement, and authoritarianism. In doing so, she illuminates an often overlooked intraminority relationship and new social forms created through protracted war. In My Mother's House revolves around three major themes: ideas of home in the midst of profound displacement; transformations of familial experience; and the impact of the political violence-carried out by both the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan state-on ordinary lives and public speech. Her rare focus on the effects and responses to LTTE political regulation and violence demonstrates that envisioning a peaceful future for post-conflict Sri Lanka requires taking stock of the new Tamil and Muslim identities forged by the civil war. These identities cannot simply be cast away with the end of the war but must be negotiated anew.Ethnography of political violence.Ethnic conflictSri LankaWar and societySri LankaTamil (Indic people)Sri LankaPolitics and governmentSri LankaHistoryCivil War, 1983-2009Personal narrativesSri LankaPolitics and government1978-Sri LankaEthnic relationsAfrican Studies.Anthropology.Asian Studies.Biography.Folklore.Human Rights.Law.Linguistics.Middle Eastern Studies.Ethnic conflictWar and societyTamil (Indic people)Politics and government.954.9303/2092BThiranagama Sharika1108089Obeyesekere Gananath665546MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809313203321In my mother's house3919852UNINA