Table of Contents

Preface
Pathways of Dissent: An Introduction to Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka - R Cheran
Nationalism, Historiography and Archaeology in Sri Lanka - S K Sitrampalam
Towards Understanding Militant Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka - Ravi Vaitheespara
Brides as Bridges? Movements, Actors, Documents and Anticipation in Constructing Tamilness - Sidharthan Maunaguru
Configuring Spaces and Constructing Nations in Sri Lankan Tamil Literature - Chelva Kanaganayakam
Painting the Artist′s Self: Location, Relocation and the Metamorphosis - T Shanaathanan
Being Tamil in a Different Way: A Feminist Critique of the Tamil Nation - Radhika Coomaraswamy and Nimanthi Perera-Rajasingham
Making Sense of the Census in Sri Lanka: Up-country Tamils and Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism - Daniel Bass
The Economics of Tamil Nationalism: Evolution and Challenges - V Nithiyanandam
Nationalism in the Era of Neo-liberalism: The Changing Global Parameters of Self-determination and Statehood - Rajesh Venugopal
Appendix: Jaffna Youth Radicalism: The 1920s and 1930s - Santasilan Kadirgamar
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

R Cheran is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Windsor, Canada. His research and teaching interests include transnationalism, forced migration and diasporic identities as well as Tamil Studies. His recent co-edited publication is New Demarcations: Essays in Tamil Studies (2008), Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press.

Reviews

At a time when public discourse in Sri Lanka on the ethnic conflict and the issues growing out of it is bristling with misconceptions, misperceptions, jaundiced judgments, and even down right lies, this book makes a welcome entry into our midst with the abundant capability of putting the record straight on a multiplicity of such heatedly-contested matters. Chief among these issues on which clarity and perspicacity is remarkably achieved is the nature of Tamil militancy…a must read…. Pathways of Dissent meets a long-felt but neglected need in Sri Lanka’s efforts to more fully understand what went wrong in the island’s post-independence political history, from the point of view of the articulate sections of the Tamil community. It helps greatly in coming to grips with the ‘other side of the story.
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