Bass, Daniel.

Everyday ethnicity in Sri Lanka up-country Tamil identity politics / [electronic resource] : Daniel Bass. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2013. - xvii, 228 p. : ill., maps. - Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 61 . - Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 61. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-216) and index.

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.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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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-


Electronic books.