Performing sovereign aspirations : Tamil insurgency and postwar transition in Sri Lanka /

"In a society that experiences secessionist conflict, many things are not what they seem. Performing Sovereign Aspirations adopts a performative perspective to understand the peculiar institutional landscape that ensued around the Tamil separatist conflict in Sri Lanka, both during and after th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Klem, Bart (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Series:	South Asia in the social sciences.
Subjects:	Peace-building > Sri Lanka. Nationalism > Sri Lanka. Tamil (Indic people) > Sri Lanka > Politics and government > 21st century. Sri Lanka > History > Autonomy and independence movements. Sri Lanka > History > Civil War, 1983-2009 > Influence. Sri Lanka > Politics and government > 21st century. Consolidation de la paix > Sri Lanka. Nationalisme > Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka > Histoire > 1983-2009 (Guerre civile) > Influence. Sri Lanka > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siècle.

Table of Contents:

Sovereignty, Performativity and Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka
Performing an Insurgent Sovereign Experiment
Reconstituting 'Pure Tamil Space' after Sovereign Erasure
The Bureaucratic Evolution of Devolution
Tamil Nationalist Anti-politics in the Wake of Defeat.