Everyday Ethnicity in Sri Lanka - Up-Country Tamil Identity Politics

List of contents

Introduction: Ethnicity at Work 1. A Diaspora Next Door 2. Being a Tamil the Up-country Way 3. Becoming Sri Lankan 4. Agency, Apathy and Alienation 5. The Coming of the Goddess 6. Stages of Ethnicity 7. Home and Homeland 8. Conclusion: Up-country Tamil Identity Politics

About the author

Daniel Bass teaches Anthropology and International Studies at Fairfield University, USA. His research interests include ethnicity, religion, globalization, migration, labor, and popular culture among Tamils in Sri Lanka, India and the diaspora. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on Up-country Tamils in Sri Lanka.

Summary

Focusing on notions of diaspora, identity and agency, this book examines ethnicity in war-torn Sri Lanka. It highlights the historical development and negotiation of a new identification of Up-country Tamil amidst Sri Lanka’s violent ethnic politics.

Additional text

"Daniel Bass makes a welcome contribution to the scholarship on Sri Lanka with a thorough ethnographic study of an oft-neglected community...All in all, Bass’ solid ethnography will be of interest to scholars of (South Asian) diaspora, as well as to Sri Lanka specialists who wish to strengthen their knowledge on this under-represented community." - Pacific Affairs: Volume 86, No. 4 – December 2013 - University of Zurich, Bart Klem

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Bass, Daniel (Fairfield University Bass, Bass Daniel
• Assisted by: Daniel Bass (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.05.2017
• EAN: 9781138086531
• ISBN: 978-1-138-08653-1
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series; Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Social and cultural anthropology, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Warfare and defence, Indian sub-continent