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Subject(s)

• Tamil (Indic people)—Sri Lanka—Jaffna District—Religion [Browse]
• Peace-building—Sri Lanka—Jaffna District [Browse]
• Political violence—Sri Lanka—Jaffna District [Browse]
• Healing—Sri Lanka—Jaffna District [Browse]
• Medical anthropology—Sri Lanka—Jaffna District [Browse]
• Jaffna District (Sri Lanka)—Religious life and customs [Browse]

Series

• Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 62 [More in this series]
• Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series [More in this series]

Summary note

Following over twenty years of war, Sri Lanka's longest cease-fire (2002-2006) provided a final opportunity for an inclusive peace settlement between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). However, hostilities resumed with ever increasing desperation and ferocity on both sides, until the LTTE were overcome and largely eradicated in 2009.This book provides a contextualised analysis of the effects of war on a small Tamil community living in northern Sri Lanka during the cease-fire period. It examines how the society changed and adapted in order to ac

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-204) and index.

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Language note

English

Contents

• pt. I. Discourses of war
• pt. II. Transformations
• pt. III. The articulate body
• pt. IV. Conclusion.

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ISBN

• 1-136-21487-9
• 0-203-09560-X
• 1-283-86137-2
• 1-136-21488-7

OCLC

• 820787661
• 823386979
• 821020787

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203095607

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