Sovereignty, Space and Civil War in Sri Lanka

This ambitious multi-scalar spatial study of civil war in Sri Lanka offers an intersectional, de-ethnicised analysis of political sovereignty drawn out by the struggle for territory.

List of contents

Introduction: Border Part 1: Normative Spaces 1. Nation 2. Home 3. City Part 2: Human Mobilities 4. Route 5. Camp 6. Site Part 3: Exilic States 7. Ruin 8. Exile 9. Settlement

About the author

Anoma Pieris is an associate professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Australia. She is an architectural historian by training with a specialist focus on South and Southeast Asian architecture. Her previous publications include Architecture and Nationalism in Sri Lanka (Routledge, 2012) and, co-authored with Janet McGaw, Assembling the Centre (Routledge, 2014).

Summary

This ambitious multi-scalar spatial study of civil war in Sri Lanka offers an intersectional, de-ethnicised analysis of political sovereignty drawn out by the struggle for territory.

Product details

• Authors: Anoma Pieris, Anoma (University of Melbourne Pieris, Pieris Anoma
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9780815371618
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-7161-8
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) South Asian Series; Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia ASAA South Asian Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Politics & government, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Urban communities, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Urban communities / city life