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Author McGilvray, Dennis B., author

Title Crucible of conflict : Tamil and Muslim society on the east coast of Sri Lanka / Dennis B. McGilvray
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 425 pages) : illustrations, maps
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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-417) and index
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Subject 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
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Caste
Ethnic conflict
Muslims
Social conditions
Tamil (Indic people) -- Social conditions
Religiƶser Konflikt
Minderheitenfrage
Muslim
15.75 history of Asia.
Sri Lanka.
Tamils.
Caste.
Islam.
Ethnic conflicts.
Social relations.
SUBJECT Batticaloa District (Sri Lanka) -- Social conditions
Amparai District (Sri Lanka) -- Social conditions
Subject Sri Lanka -- Amparai District
Sri Lanka -- Batticaloa District
Sri Lanka -- Ost
Tamilen.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007043855
ISBN 9780822389187
0822389185