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Author Derges, Jane

Title Ritual and Recovery in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (233 pages)
Series Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Routledge contemporary South Asia series.
Contents Pt. I. Discourses of war -- pt. II. Transformations -- pt. III. The articulate body -- pt. IV. Conclusion
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Tamil (Indic people) -- Sri Lanka -- Jaffna District -- Religion
Peace-building -- Sri Lanka -- Jaffna District
Political violence -- Sri Lanka -- Jaffna District
Healing -- Sri Lanka -- Jaffna District
Medical anthropology -- Sri Lanka -- Jaffna District
RELIGION -- Hinduism -- History.
Healing.
Medical anthropology.
Peace-building.
Political violence.
Tamil (Indic people) -- Religion.
SUBJECT Jaffna District (Sri Lanka) -- Religious life and customs
Subject Sri Lanka -- Jaffna District.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136214882
1136214887