Displacement Among Sri Lankan Tamil Migrants: The Diasporic Search for Home in the Aftermath of War

by Diotima Chattoraj

This book focuses on the concept of 'home' or 'place of origin' (expressed in Tamil as 'Ur') and its various dimensions, in turn related to issues of belonging, attachment, detachment, and commonality among the war-affected population in the post-war era of Sri Lanka. Little research has been undertaken on displacement and forced migration since the end of the war, and so this book provides new insight into the intersections between externally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811681317
• ISBN13: 9789811681318
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"