Life on the outside : the Tamil diaspora and long-distance nationalism / Øivind Fuglerud.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuglerud, Øivind.

Series:

Anthropology, culture, and society.

Anthropology, culture, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tamil (Indic people)--Relocation.

Tamil (Indic people).

Tamil (Indic people)--Migrations.

Tamil (Indic people)--Government policy--Sri Lanka.

Forced migration--Sri Lanka.

Forced migration.

Sri Lanka--Race relations.

Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'The Fuglerud study is a prototype for any anthropologist or political scientist working on a politicised-radicalised Diaspora.' Ethnic Conflict Research Digest' This book about a recent immigrant group (Sri Lankan Tamils) in a European liberal democracy (Norway) is paradigmatic for how the anthropology of a displaced population ought to be done anywhere in the western world. ... Based on extensive field research in Norway and brief but insightful research in Sri Lanka, Life on the Outside is an elegant and effective blend of theory and ethnography. One of the very best in refugee studies to date.' E. Valentine Daniel, Columbia University This study of the Tamil diaspora is one of the first full ethnographic studies of a post-colonial migrant community, and a major contribution to the study of migration, globalisation, identity politics and 'long distance' nationalism from an anthropological perspective. Fuglerud's study traces the history of Tamil migration, from the arrival of the economic migrants of the 1960's to the 'asylum seekers' of the mid 1980's onwards. He draws unnerving parallels between the status of the Tamil community in Sri Lanka, as a beleaguered and persecuted minority waging a war of liberation, and as a displaced, marginalised and excluded refugee community. Fuglerud argues that, in the process of displacement, particular aspects of Tamil culture - marriage, dowry, chastity and ritual - acquire a heightened significance. He examines the contradictions and inconsistencies which characterise the Tamil refugee communities, and the success of revolutionary Tamil nationalism in exile, highlighting the transnational nature of identity politics.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-198) and index.

ISBN:

9781849640497

1849640491

9780585425672

0585425671

OCLC:

923330628