Everyday ethnicity in Sri Lanka : up-country Tamil identity politics / / Daniel Bass

• Autore: Bass Daniel
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.89/481105493
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Sri Lanka Race relations Political aspects; Sri Lanka Politics and government 1978-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-216) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Everyday ethnicity in Sri Lanka
• ISBN: 0-203-09780-7; 1-283-86153-4; 1-136-22418-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786588103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series