Crucible of conflict : Tamil and Muslim society on the east coast of Sri Lanka / Dennis B. McGilvray.
Material type: TextPublication details: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.Description: xvi, 425 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780822341611
- Tamil (Indic people) -- Sri Lanka -- Batticaloa District -- Social conditions
- Tamil (Indic people) -- Sri Lanka -- Amparai District -- Social conditions
- Caste -- Sri Lanka -- Batticaloa District
- Caste -- Sri Lanka -- Amparai District
- Muslims -- Sri Lanka -- Batticaloa District
- Muslims -- Sri Lanka -- Amparai District
- Ethnic conflict -- Sri Lanka -- Batticaloa District
- Ethnic conflict -- Sri Lanka -- Amparai District
- Batticaloa District (Sri Lanka) -- Social conditions
- Amparai District (Sri Lanka) -- Social conditions
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305.80906891 SUZ The nature of whiteness : | 305.809149 BAS The Rabha tribe of North-East India, Bengal and Bangladesh | 305.80954 STA State, development, and alternatives | 305.89 McG Crucible of conflict : | 305.8914 DAN Socio-cultural and religious life of Mao Naga tribe | 305.8914095417 NEP Socio-cultural history of Shüpfomei Naga tribe : | 305.89144 SIN Stateless in South Asia : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-417) and index.
The research setting -- Past and present -- Issues in comparative ethnography -- Views of the Tamil caste hierarchy -- The Tamil high caste alliance -- The Kudi in action -- A profile of the Tamil specialist castes -- The Moors : matrilineal Muslims -- Muslim elites and specialists -- Ethnic identities and communal violence -- Fieldnotes from the war zone.
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