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The anthropologist and the native : essays for Gananath Obeyesekere / / edited by H.L. Seneviratne [[electronic resource]]
| The anthropologist and the native : essays for Gananath Obeyesekere / / edited by H.L. Seneviratne [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Anthem Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (493 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 954 |
| Collana | Cultural, historical and textual studies of religions |
| ISBN |
1-280-49117-5
9786613586407 0-85728-991-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Section 1. The Indian tradition and its representation. Language and race in colonial representations of Indian society and culture / Partha Mitter ; When the Paramparā breaks : on gurus and students in the Mahābhārata / John Nemec ; The living and the dead : ideology and social dynamicss of ancestral commemoration in India / Patrick Olivelle ; On singularity : what Sanskrit poeticians believe to be real / David Shulman -- Section 2. Caste, kinship, land and community. Recasting a caste : the case of the Dadhich Brahmans / Lawrence A. Babb ; Reconstituting village communities : Sir William Gregory's efforts to renovate village agriculture in Ceylon's North Central Province / James Brow ; Dowry in Batticaloa : the historical transformation of a matrilineal property system / Dennis B. McGilvray -- Section 3. Renunciation and power. The morality of refusal / Arjun Appadurai ; Revolt in the temple : politics of a temple paintings project in Sri Lanka / H.L. Seneviratne ; Pain and power : reflections on ascetic agency / Peter van der Veer -- Section 4. Buddhism transformed. Buddhist revival and the 'work of culture' in Sri Lanka, past and present / Anne M. Blackburn ; Dharmapala's Buddhisms / Steven Kemper ; Religion and globalization from the historical perspective of Thai Buddhism / Donald K. Swearer -- Section 5. The enigma of the text. The mythology of the Kāmasūtra / Wendy Doniger ; Mandārampura Puvata : an apocryphal Buddhist chronicle / Kitsiri Malalgoda ; Variants as historical statements : the Rāma-kathā in early India / Romila Thapar -- Section 7. The anthropologist and the native. Plain tales from the field : reflections on fieldwork in three cultures / Arjun Guneratne ; The (re)turn of the native : ethnography, anthropology, and nativisim / Abdelmajid Hannoum ; The romance of the field? / R.L. Stirrat, Dinah Rajak ; Human rights and 'practical rationality' among Sri Lankan Tamils and Americans / Mark Whitaker. |
| Altri titoli varianti | The Anthropologist & the Native |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461200103321 |
| London : , : Anthem Press, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In my mother's house [[electronic resource] ] : civil war in Sri Lanka / / Sharika Thiranagama
| In my mother's house [[electronic resource] ] : civil war in Sri Lanka / / Sharika Thiranagama |
| Autore | Thiranagama Sharika |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
| Disciplina |
954.9303/2092
B |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ObeyesekereGananath |
| Collana | The Ethnography of Political Violence |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethnic conflict - Sri Lanka
War and society - Sri Lanka Tamil (Indic people) - Sri Lanka - Politics and government |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-89718-0
0-8122-0511-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463865303321 |
Thiranagama Sharika
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In my mother's house [[electronic resource] ] : civil war in Sri Lanka / / Sharika Thiranagama
| In my mother's house [[electronic resource] ] : civil war in Sri Lanka / / Sharika Thiranagama |
| Autore | Thiranagama Sharika |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
| Disciplina |
954.9303/2092
B |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ObeyesekereGananath |
| Collana | The Ethnography of Political Violence |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethnic conflict - Sri Lanka
War and society - Sri Lanka Tamil (Indic people) - Sri Lanka - Politics and government |
| Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
Anthropology Asian Studies Biography Folklore Human Rights Law Linguistics Middle Eastern Studies |
| ISBN |
1-283-89718-0
0-8122-0511-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788583403321 |
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Thiranagama Sharika
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In my mother's house : civil war in Sri Lanka / / Sharika Thiranagama
| In my mother's house : civil war in Sri Lanka / / Sharika Thiranagama |
| Autore | Thiranagama Sharika |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
| Disciplina |
954.9303/2092
B |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ObeyesekereGananath |
| Collana | The Ethnography of Political Violence |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethnic conflict - Sri Lanka
War and society - Sri Lanka Tamil (Indic people) - Sri Lanka - Politics and government |
| Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
Anthropology Asian Studies Biography Folklore Human Rights Law Linguistics Middle Eastern Studies |
| ISBN |
1-283-89718-0
0-8122-0511-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809313203321 |
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Thiranagama Sharika
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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