Crucible of conflict : Tamil and Muslim society on the east coast of Sri Lanka / Dennis B. McGilvray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGilvray, Dennis B.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tamil (Indic people)--Sri Lanka--Batticaloa District--Social conditions.

Tamil (Indic people).

Tamil (Indic people)--Sri Lanka--Amparai District--Social conditions.

Caste--Sri Lanka--Batticaloa District.

Caste.

Caste--Sri Lanka--Amparai District.

Muslims--Sri Lanka--Batticaloa District.

Muslims.

Muslims--Sri Lanka--Amparai District.

Ethnic conflict--Sri Lanka--Batticaloa District.

Ethnic conflict.

Ethnic conflict--Sri Lanka--Amparai District.

Batticaloa District (Sri Lanka)--Social conditions.

Batticaloa District (Sri Lanka).

Amparai District (Sri Lanka)--Social conditions.

Amparai District (Sri Lanka).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (446 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the caste, marriage patterns, ethnicity and religious institutions in the Tamil-speaking Hindu and Muslim communities situated along the eastern coastline of Sri Lanka, exploring the sources of their ethnic and political hostilities in the modern

Contents:

The research setting

Past and present

Issues in comparative ethnography

Views of the Tamil caste hierarchy

The Tamil high caste alliance

The Kudi in action

A profile of the Tamil specialist castes

The Moors : matrilineal Muslims

Muslim elites and specialists

Ethnic identities and communal violence

Fieldnotes from the war zone.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-417) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)

ISBN:

9780822389187

0822389185

OCLC:

232154043