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Enduring Violence
Rebecca Walker
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Paperback. This book provides a rich ethnography of how Tamil-speaking communities in Batticaloa live through and make sense of a violence that shapes everyday life itself. Series Editor(s): Smith, Alexander. Series: New Ethnographies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 maps, 4 black & white illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
Located in the war-torn eastern province of Sri Lanka, this book provides a rich ethnography of how Tamil-speaking communities in Batticaloa live through and make sense of a violence that shapes everyday life itself. The core of the book comes from the author’s two-year close interaction with a group of (mainly women) human rights activists in the area. The book describes how the activists work in clandestine, informal ways to support families whose loved ones have been threatened, disappeared or killed and how they build networks of trust within the context of everyday violence. As Sri Lanka faces up to ... Read more
Located in the war-torn eastern province of Sri Lanka, this book provides a rich ethnography of how Tamil-speaking communities in Batticaloa live through and make sense of a violence that shapes everyday life itself. The core of the book comes from the author’s two-year close interaction with a group of (mainly women) human rights activists in the area. The book describes how the activists work in clandestine, informal ways to support families whose loved ones have been threatened, disappeared or killed and how they build networks of trust within the context of everyday violence. As Sri Lanka faces up to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
New Ethnographies
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781526108630
SKU
V9781526108630
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Ref
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About Rebecca Walker
Rebecca Walker is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA) at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg -- .
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