LEADER 03265oam 2200709I 450 001 9910816895603321 005 20240131144432.0 010 $a0-203-09780-7 010 $a1-283-86153-4 010 $a1-136-22418-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203097809 035 $a(CKB)2670000000299277 035 $a(EBL)1092715 035 $a(OCoLC)820787672 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000784851 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12317008 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784851 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10783541 035 $a(PQKB)10759821 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1092715 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1092715 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10632496 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL417403 035 $a(OCoLC)897436079 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB135236 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000299277 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEveryday ethnicity in Sri Lanka $eup-country Tamil identity politics /$fDaniel Bass 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge contemporary South Asia series ;$v61 225 0$aRoutledge contemporary South Asia series ;$v61 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-52624-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [196]-216) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aFocusing on notions of diaspora, identity and agency, this book examines ethnicity in war-torn Sri Lanka. It highlights the historical development and negotiation of a new identification of Up-country Tamil amidst Sri Lanka's violent ethnic politics. Over the past thirty years, Up-country (Indian) Tamils generally have tried to secure their vision of living within a multi-ethnic Sri Lanka, not within Tamil Eelam, the separatist dream that ended with the civil war in 2009. Exploring Sri Lanka within the deep history of colonial-era South Asian plantation diasporas, the book arg 410 0$aRoutledge Contemporary South Asia Series 606 $aMalaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)$xEthnic identity 606 $aMalaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)$xGovernment policy$zSri Lanka 606 $aTamil diaspora 606 $aMalaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)$xPolitics and government 607 $aSri Lanka$xRace relations$xPolitical aspects 607 $aSri Lanka$xPolitics and government$y1978- 615 0$aMalaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aMalaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)$xGovernment policy 615 0$aTamil diaspora. 615 0$aMalaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)$xPolitics and government. 676 $a305.89/481105493 700 $aBass$b Daniel.$0944294 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816895603321 996 $aEveryday ethnicity in Sri Lanka$94064030 997 $aUNINA