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1 online resource (xlvii, 283 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-265) and index. |
| Contents |
Nationalism, historiography and archaeology in Sri Lanka / S.K. Sitrampalam -- Towards understanding militant Tamil nationalism in Sri Lanka / Ravi Vaitheespara -- Brides as bridges? : movements, actors, documents and anticipation in constructing Tamilness / Sidharthan Maunaguru -- Configuring spaces and constructing nations in Sri Lankan Tamil literature / Chelva Kanaganayakam -- Painting the artist's self : location, relocation and the metamorphosis / T. Shanaathanan -- Being Tamil in a different way : a feminist critique of the Tamil nation / Radhika Coomaraswamy and Nimanthi Perera-Rajasingham -- Making sense of the census in Sri Lanka : up-country Tamils and Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism / Daniel Bass -- The economics of Tamil nationalism : evolution and challenges / V. Nithiyanandam -- Nationalism in the era of neo-liberalism : the changing global parameters of self-determination and statehood / Rajesh Venugopal -- Appendix : Jaffna youth radicalism : the 1920s and 1930s / Santasilan Kadirgamar. |
| Summary |
Sri Lanka, the 'Teardrop Isle', has been under international attention for more than two decades for its ethnic conflict and civil war, and recently, under intense media scrutiny for what seems like a decisive end to the civil war. While the ethnic conflict and the civil war have been the subjects of numerous academic and non-academic studies in both the East and the West, there has been no significant research on nationalism, particularly Tamil nationalism, as it manifests itself in Sri Lanka. Pathways of Dissent: Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka endeavours to fill this important academic gap t. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tamil (Indic people) -- Sri Lanka -- Ethnic identity.
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Tamil (Indic people) |
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Sri Lanka. |
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Ethnicity. |
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Nationalism -- Sri Lanka.
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Nationalism. |
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Ethnic conflict -- Sri Lanka.
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Ethnic conflict. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cheran, R.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pathways of dissent. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2009 9788132102229 (DLC) 2009029791 (OCoLC)427543603 |
| ISBN |
9788132104322 (electronic book) |
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8132104323 (electronic book) |
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9788132112778 (ebook) |
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8132112776 (ebook) |
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9788132102229 (hard back) |
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8132102223 (hard back) |
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