232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.
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1. Introduction Part 1: Discourses of war 2. Global interactions and influences 3. ‘No war, no peace’ Part 2: Transformations 4. Changing social realities 5. "Frogs in a well": fear and segregation Part 3: The Articulate Body 6. The (dis)articulation of suffering 7. Mediating adversity 8. ‘Embodied knowledge’: Endurance and survival Part 4: Conclusions 9. Resilience against impunity
Biography
Jane Derges currently teaches in the Anthropology Department at University College London, UK.
