Ritual and recovery in post-conflict Sri Lanka / Jane Derges.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Derges, Jane, author.

Series:

Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 62

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tamil (Indic people)--Sri Lanka--Jaffna District--Religion.

Tamil (Indic people).

Peace-building--Sri Lanka--Jaffna District.

Peace-building.

Political violence--Sri Lanka--Jaffna District.

Political violence.

Healing--Sri Lanka--Jaffna District.

Healing.

Medical anthropology--Sri Lanka--Jaffna District.

Medical anthropology.

Jaffna District (Sri Lanka)--Religious life and customs.

Jaffna District (Sri Lanka).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

pt. I. Discourses of war

pt. II. Transformations

pt. III. The articulate body

pt. IV. Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-21487-9

0-203-09560-X

1-283-86137-2

1-136-21488-7

9780203095607

OCLC:

820787661