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Pain, Pride, and Politics: Social Movement Activism and the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora in Canada (Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation): 22
Amarnath Amarasingam
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hardcover. Amarasingam analyzes the reactions of diasporic Tamils in Canada at a time when the separatist Tamil movement was being crushed by the Sri Lankan armed forces. His work provides an in-depth examination of how a separatist sociopolitical movement beginning in Sri Lanka is carried forward, altered, and adapted by the diaspora. Series: Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 diagram, 8 tables. BIC Classification: JPVH; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
Pain, Pride, and Politics is an examination of diasporic politics based on a case study of Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada, with particular focus on activism between December 2008 and May 2009. Amarnath Amarasingam analyzes the reactions of diasporic Tamils in Canada at a time when the separatist Tamil movement was being crushed by the Sri Lankan armed forces and revises currently accepted analytical frameworks relating to diasporic communities. This book adds to our understanding of a particular diasporic group, while contributing to the theoretical literature in the area.
Throughout, Amarasingam argues that transnational diasporic mobilization is at times ... Read more
Pain, Pride, and Politics is an examination of diasporic politics based on a case study of Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada, with particular focus on activism between December 2008 and May 2009. Amarnath Amarasingam analyzes the reactions of diasporic Tamils in Canada at a time when the separatist Tamil movement was being crushed by the Sri Lankan armed forces and revises currently accepted analytical frameworks relating to diasporic communities. This book adds to our understanding of a particular diasporic group, while contributing to the theoretical literature in the area.
Throughout, Amarasingam argues that transnational diasporic mobilization is at times ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820348124
SKU
V9780820348124
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About Amarnath Amarasingam
Amarnath Amarasingam is the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Resilience Research Centre at Dalhousie University, professor of religion at Wilfrid Laurier University, and lecturer at the University of Waterloo. He is the editor of The Stewart/Colbert Effect: Essays on the Real Impacts of Fake News and Religion and the New Atheism: A ... Read more
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