This book examines how ordinary families and communities of minority groups in Sri Lanka have dealt with prolonged civil war and resulting issues as diverse as child recruitment, generational and gender conflicts, political terror, refugee camp life, ethnic nationalism, and migration and mobility.

In My Mother's House
Civil War in Sri Lanka

Sharika Thiranagama. Foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere

2011 | 320 pages | Cloth $59.95 | Paper $26.50
Anthropology | Biography
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Table of Contents

Note on Transliteration

Foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere
Introduction
1. Growing Up at War: Self Formation, Individuality, and the LTTE
2. The House of Secrets: Mothers, Daughters, and Inheritance
3. From Muslims to Northern Muslims: Ethnicity, Eviction, and Displacement
4. Becoming of This Place? Northern Muslim Futures After Eviction
5. The Generation of Militancy: Generation, Gender, and Self-Transformation
6. Conclusions from Tamil Colombo

List of Abbreviations
Notes
References
Index
Acknowledgments