In My Mother's House Civil War in Sri Lanka

Name: In My Mother's House Civil War in Sri Lanka
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ISBN: 9780812222845

ISBN-10: 0812222849

ISBN-13: 9780812222845

Edition: 2012

Authors: Sharika Thiranagama, Gananath Obeyesekere

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In May 2009, the Sri Lankan army overwhelmed the last stronghold of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam—better known as the Tamil Tigers—officially bringing an end to nearly three decades of civil war. Although the war has ended, the place of minorities in Sri Lanka remains uncertain, not least because the lengthy conflict drove entire populations from their homes. The figures are jarring: for example, all of the roughly 80,000 Muslims in northern Sri Lanka were expelled from the Tamil Tiger-controlled north, and nearly half of all Sri Lankan Tamils were displaced during the course of the civil war.Sharika Thiranagama's In My Mother's House provides ethnographic insight into two important…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 10/16/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English