Enduring Violence: Everyday Life and Conflict in Eastern Sri Lanka

by Rebecca Walker and Rebecca Walker

Book Overview

Located in the war-torn eastern province of Sri Lanka, this book provides a rich ethnography of how Tamil-speaking communities in Batticaloa live through and make sense of a violence that shapes everyday life itself. The core of the book comes from the author's two-year close interaction with a group of (mainly women) human rights activists in the area. The book describes how the activists work in clandestine, informal ways to support families whose...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526108631
• ISBN13: 9781526108630
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"