Crucible of conflict Tamil and Muslim society on the east coast of Sri Lanka /

Crucible of conflict [electronic resource] : Tamil and Muslim society on the east coast of Sri Lanka / Dennis B. McGilvray.

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Examines the caste, marriage patterns, ethnicity and religious institutions in the Tamil-speaking Hindu and Muslim communities situated along the eastern coastline of Sri Lanka, exploring the sources of their ethnic and political hostilities in the modern.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Duke)
Main Author: McGilvray, Dennis B. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
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.
Caste.
Ethnic conflict.
Muslims.
Social conditions.
Tamil (Indic people) > Social conditions.
Batticaloa District (Sri Lanka) > Social conditions.
Amparai District (Sri Lanka) > Social conditions.
Sri Lanka > Amparai District.
Sri Lanka > Batticaloa District.
Table of Contents:
  • 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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