Everyday ethnicity in Sri Lanka : up-country Tamil identity politics /
Daniel Bass.
- London : Routledge, 2013.
- xiv, 228 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 61. .
- Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 61. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-216) and index.
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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Malaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)--Ethnic identity. Malaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)--Government policy--Sri Lanka. Tamil diaspora. Malaiyaha Tamil (Sri Lankan people)--Politics and government. Identity politics--Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka--Race relations--Political aspects. Sri Lanka--Politics and government--1978-