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Subject(s)

• Malaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)—Ethnic identity [Browse]
• Malaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)—Government policy—Sri Lanka [Browse]
• Sri Lanka—Race relations—Political aspects [Browse]
• Tamil diaspora [Browse]
• Malaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)—Politics and government [Browse]
• Sri Lanka—Politics and government—1978- [Browse]

Series

• Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 61. [More in this series]
• Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 61 [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-216) and index.

Contents

• Introduction: ethnicity at work
• A diaspora next door
• Being a Tamil the up-country way
• Becoming Sri Lankan
• Agency, apathy and alienation
• The coming of the goddess
• Stages of ethnicity
• Home and homeland
• Conclusion: up-country Tamil identity politics.

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ISBN

• 9780415526241 (hardback)
• 0415526248 (hardback)
• 9780203097809 (ebook)
• 0203097807 (ebook)

LCCN

2012008705

OCLC

759915382

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