Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: Ethnic and Regional Dimensions (Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series, 27, Band 27) - Softcover

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This book explores the aftermath of the tsunami in Sri Lanka, where coastal communities that are significantly different in terms of social structure, economy, language, religion, kinship, and cultural identity were affected. From a multidisciplinary perspective, it analyses regional and ethnic patterns of post-tsunami reconstruction according to different sectors of Sri Lankan society.

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Dennis B. McGilvray is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder. His research focuses on Tamil-speaking Hindus and Muslims of eastern Sri Lanka, including caste identities, matrilineal family patterns, popular religious traditions, and ethnic conflict. He is the author of Crucible of Conflict: Tamil and Muslim Society on the East Coast of Sri Lanka (Duke 2008)

Michele R. Gamburd is Professor of Anthropology at Portland State University. She has performed ethnographic research in Sri Lanka since 1992 and her theoretical interests focus on globalization, gender relations, violence, and social change. Her most recent book is Breaking the Ashes: The Culture of Illicit Liquor in Sri Lanka (Cornell 2008)

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9780415778770: Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: Ethnic and Regional Dimensions (Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series, 27, Band 27)

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ISBN 10:  0415778778 ISBN 13:  9780415778770
Verlag: Routledge, 2010
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