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008 | 120314s2013 enkab b 001 0 eng | ||
020 | _a9780415526241 (hardback) | ||
020 | _a9780203097809 (ebook) | ||
041 | _aEng. | ||
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_aSL 140 _bBAS |
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_aBass, Daniel. _910047 |
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_aEveryday ethnicity in Sri Lanka _bUp-country Tamil identity politics / _cDaniel Bass. |
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_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2013. |
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300 | _a228 p | ||
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_aRoutledge contemporary South Asia series. _912724 |
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520 | _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 | ||
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_aMalaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people) _xEthnic identity. _910048 |
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_aMalaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people) _xGovernment policy _zSri Lanka. _910049 |
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_aTamil diaspora. _937 |
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_aMalaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people) _xPolitics and government. _910050 |
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_aIdentity politics _zSri Lanka. _94777 |
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_aSri Lanka _xRace relations _xPolitical aspects. _94837 |
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_aSri Lanka _xPolitics and government _y1978- _91471 |
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