Crucible of conflict : Tamil and Muslim society on the east coast of Sri Lanka
Dennis B. McGilvray (Author)
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
1 online resource (xvi, 425 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780822389187, 0822389185
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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
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
In English
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