Conflict and community in contemporary Sri Lanka : 'Pearl of the East' or 'the island of tears /
edited by Siri Gamage & I.B Watson.
- viii, 355 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Studies on contemporary South Asia ; 3 .
- Studies on contemporary South Asia ; 3. .
Published also as a special issue of the Journal South Asia, vol. 10, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Political Economy of the Conflicts -- Peace: Sri Lanka's Impossible Dream? / Colonialism and National Space / Representations of Sri Lanka From Non-News to State News: An Analysis of the Global Projection of Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict / Ethnic Conflict and the State in Sri Lanka: A Possible Solution? / The Growth of Tamil Paramilitary Nationalisms: Sinhala Chauvinism and Tamil Responses / Internationalism of the Tamil Conflict (and its Implications) / Story of the Conflicts Through the Narratives -- Reasons for Violence: A Preliminary Ethnographic Account of the LTTE / Wearing a Dead Man's Jacket: State Symbols in Troubled Places / Suite for Kododicholai, Sri Lanka / Tigers and Temples: The Politics of Nationalist and Non-Modern Violence in Sri Lanka / The Changing Amman: Notes on the Injury of War in Eastern Sri Lanka / Tamils and Muslims in the Shadow of War: Schism or Continuity? / Costs of the Conflicts -- Determinants of Military Expenditure in Sri Lanka / The Impact of the Civil War on Tourism and the Regional Economy / The Conflicts in Different Perspectives -- Conflict as a Catalyst: The Changing Politics of the Sri Lankan Muslims / Denigration of the Sinhala People / Economic Liberalisation, Social Class and Ethnicity: Emerging Trends and Conflicts / Post-Independent Political Conflicts in Sri Lanka: Elites, Ethnicity and Class Contradictions / I B Watson and Siri Gamage -- Bernard Swan -- Nihal Perera -- V Nithiyanandam -- Laksiri Fernando -- Purnaka L de Silva -- Rohan Gunaratna -- Margaret Trawick -- Michele Ruth Gamburd -- Marilyn Krysl -- Mark P Whitaker -- Patricia Lawrence -- Dennis B McGilvray -- P Edirisuriya -- Jayatilleke S Bandara -- Meghan O'sullivan -- H L D Mahindapala -- Siri Hettige -- Siri Gamage. Part One. Part Two. Part Three. Part Four.
"Through fifty years of independence, Sri Lanka has suffered mass murders, bombings, assassinations and endless ethnic conflict. This book examines the causes of the conflict and suggests ways it might be solved."--Publisher description.