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Pain, pride, and politics : social movement activism and the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora in Canada
- Title
- Pain, pride, and politics : social movement activism and the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora in Canada / Amarnath Amarasingam.
- Author
- Amarnath Amarasingam
- Publication
- Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2015]
- ©2015
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Details
- Description
- xii, 229 pages; 23 cm
- Series Statement
- Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 22
- Uniform Title
- Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 22.
- Subject
- Civil War (Sri Lanka : 1983-2009)
- 1983 - 2009
- Tamil (Indic people) > Canada
- Social movements > Sri Lanka
- Group identity > Sri Lanka
- Emigration and immigration
- Group identity
- Social movements
- Tamil (Indic people)
- Canada > Emigration and immigration
- Sri Lanka > Emigration and immigration
- Sri Lanka > History > Civil War, 1983-2009
- Canada
- Sri Lanka
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Civil war in Sri Lanka and the birth of the Tamil diaspora -- The rise and fall of tamil militancy in Sri Lanka -- Tamil migration to Canada : the turbulent 1980s and the birth of a community -- The Tamil diaspora as a social movement -- Taking to the streets : diaspora mobilization, frame wars, and the 2009 protests -- New leadership, new organizations, and new hurdles -- Tamil youth and postwar movement identity -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-6303
- ISBN
- 9780820348124
- 0820348120
- 9780820348131
- 0820348139
- 9780820348148 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014042983
- OCLC
- 896791510
- Author
- Amarnath Amarasingam, author.
- Title
- Pain, pride, and politics : social movement activism and the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora in Canada / Amarnath Amarasingam.
- Publisher
- Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 22Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 22.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1983 - 2009
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-6303