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Eelam online : the Tamil diaspora and war in Sri Lanka / by Maya Ranganathan

Ranganathan, Maya

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub, 2010

Online Ressource (x, 168 p.)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-166) and index. - Description based on print version record

Print version: Eelam online

978-1-4438-2794-2 ( : electronic bk.); 1-4438-2794-0 (electronic bk.)

1-4438-2691-X (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-4438-2691-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 825768734     

OCoLC: 825768734 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

DS489.84

305.894811     Ähnliche Literatur

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LOC-SH: Tamil (Indic people) -- Political activity -- Sri Lanka ; Internet -- Political aspects -- Sri Lanka ; Sri Lanka -- Politics and government -- 1978- -- Australien -- Sri Lanka -- Bürgerkrieg -- Tamilen -- Sri Lanka ; Sri Lanka -- Politics and government -- 1978- ; Tamil (Indic people) -- Political activity -- Sri Lanka ; Internet -- Political aspects -- Sri Lanka ; Internet -- Political aspects -- Sri Lanka ; Tamil (Indic people) -- Political activity -- Sri Lanka ; Sri Lanka -- Politics and government -- 1978- ; Electronic books

Electronic books ; Sri Lanka ; Australien ; Sri Lanka ; Bürgerkrieg ; Tamilen ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; General ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Internet ; Political aspects ; Politics and government ; Tamil (Indic people) ; Political activity ; Internet

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART II; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; PART III; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

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The book details the potential of computer mediated technologies, particularly the internet, in creation and nurturing political and cultural identities among the widely dispersed "conflict-generated" Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora and traces the engagement of the disapora in Australia Other the online media in the struggle for a homeland. Taking the ethnic issue in Sri Lanka as a given, the book explores the way in which new media have added dimensions to the issue. Although the theoretical framew