LEADER 05132nam 2200865 a 450 001 9910788583403321 005 20211005012654.0 010 $a1-283-89718-0 010 $a0-8122-0511-1 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812205114 035 $a(CKB)3240000000064734 035 $a(OCoLC)794700599 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642683 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606439 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11973783 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606439 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10582548 035 $a(PQKB)10505622 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse14345 035 $a(DE-B1597)449453 035 $a(OCoLC)1013941934 035 $a(OCoLC)979754108 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812205114 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441931 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642683 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420968 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441931 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000064734 100 $a20110712d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn my mother's house$b[electronic resource] $ecivil war in Sri Lanka /$fSharika Thiranagama 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (315 p.) 225 0 $aThe Ethnography of Political Violence 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8122-2284-9 311 0 $a0-8122-4342-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-287) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tNote on transliteration --$tForeword /$rObeyesekere, Gananath --$tIntroduction: In My Mother's House --$tChapter one. Growing Up at War: Self-Formation, Individuality, and the LTTE --$tChapter two. The House of Secrets: Mothers, Daughters, and Inheritance --$tChapter three. From Muslims to Northern Muslims: Ethnicity, Eviction, and Displacement --$tChapter four. Becoming of This Place? Northern Muslim Futures After Eviction --$tChapter five. The Generation of Militancy: Gender Militancy, and Self-Transformation --$tChapter six. Conclusions from Tamil Colombo --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aIn May 2009, the Sri Lankan army overwhelmed the last stronghold of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam-better known as the Tamil Tigers-officially bringing an end to nearly three decades of civil war. Although the war has ended, the place of minorities in Sri Lanka remains uncertain, not least because the lengthy conflict drove entire populations from their homes. The figures are jarring: for example, all of the roughly 80,000 Muslims in northern Sri Lanka were expelled from the Tamil Tiger-controlled north, and nearly half of all Sri Lankan Tamils were displaced during the course of the civil war. Sharika Thiranagama's In My Mother's House provides ethnographic insight into two important groups of internally displaced people: northern Sri Lankan Tamils and Sri Lankan Muslims. Through detailed engagement with ordinary people struggling to find a home in the world, Thiranagama explores the dynamics within and between these two minority communities, describing how these relations were reshaped by violence, displacement, and authoritarianism. In doing so, she illuminates an often overlooked intraminority relationship and new social forms created through protracted war. In My Mother's House revolves around three major themes: ideas of home in the midst of profound displacement; transformations of familial experience; and the impact of the political violence-carried out by both the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan state-on ordinary lives and public speech. Her rare focus on the effects and responses to LTTE political regulation and violence demonstrates that envisioning a peaceful future for post-conflict Sri Lanka requires taking stock of the new Tamil and Muslim identities forged by the civil war. These identities cannot simply be cast away with the end of the war but must be negotiated anew. 410 0$aEthnography of political violence. 606 $aEthnic conflict$zSri Lanka 606 $aWar and society$zSri Lanka 606 $aTamil (Indic people)$zSri Lanka$xPolitics and government 607 $aSri Lanka$xHistory$yCivil War, 1983-2009$vPersonal narratives 607 $aSri Lanka$xPolitics and government$y1978- 607 $aSri Lanka$xEthnic relations 610 $aAfrican Studies. 610 $aAnthropology. 610 $aAsian Studies. 610 $aBiography. 610 $aFolklore. 610 $aHuman Rights. 610 $aLaw. 610 $aLinguistics. 610 $aMiddle Eastern Studies. 615 0$aEthnic conflict 615 0$aWar and society 615 0$aTamil (Indic people)$xPolitics and government. 676 $a954.9303/2092 676 $aB 700 $aThiranagama$b Sharika$01108089 701 $aObeyesekere$b Gananath$0665546 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788583403321 996 $aIn my mother's house$93678365 997 $aUNINA