Displacement Among Sri Lankan Tamil Migrants The Diasporic Search for Home in the Aftermath of War /
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Author: | |
| Summary: | XV, 180 p. 9 illus., 6 illus. in color. text |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Singapore :
Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer,
2022.
|
| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2022. |
| Series: | Asia in Transition,
11 |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8132-5 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgment.-Chapter 1: Search for Home: An Introduction.-1.1Displacement, Home, and Belonging: the Sri Lankan context
- Displacement in the island: causes and outcomes
- Conceptualizing “Home”: a review
- Researching Home: Displaced persons worldwide
- Ur as the native village
- Belonging and its different forms
- Conceptualizing Attachment as a theoretical framework
- 1.2 Research Methodology
- Access to the field
- Documentation of research and methods
- Ethical considerations in the field
- 1.3 Structure of the book
- Chapter 2: Migration Research in the island: An overview of internal and international displacement
- 2.1 Historical development: civil war and migration in the island
- The war: an analysis
- 2.2 Sri Lankan Tamils and migration: an overview
- Migration causes to migration outcomes: Island-wide misery or contentment?
- Migration to Tamil Nadu: Life as a refugee in India
- Migrating to Australia: a better life?
- 2.3 Post-war scenario: Impact of the war
- Jaffna, a Tamil homeland: The IDPs at peace?
- Reconstruction and Development: role of governmental and non-governmental agencies
- 2.4 Conclusion
- Chapter 3: Shifting notions of Ur/home: narratives from Sri Lanka
- 3.1 Shifting meanings of Ur: different tales to tell
- Time, socio-economic needs and aspirations to the good life
- Father versus son: conceptualizing Ur from two different age groups
- The idea of home changed with time: Shaliny's story
- Ur as a prison: Padmini's accounts
- Ur as a source of income: regaining lost status
- 3.2 Concluding remarks
- Chapter 4: Home or Ur: Changing meanings for the refugees in Tamil Nadu, India
- 4.1 Ur in Sri Lanka and home in India: Elderly refugees’ narratives on home
- 4.2 Ur as a strange place: the changed idea of home among the others
- 4.3 Concluding remarks
- Chapter 5: Attachment, detachment or both: voices of the displaced
- 5.1 Attachment to Ur: (actual) return to get related with memories and people
- 5.2 Attachment to Ur: (actual) return to get connected with broken memories
- 5.3 Attachment to Ur: nostalgia and ambivalence
- 5.4 From attachment to detachment
- 5.5 Detachment/ non-attachment
- Attachment and its contrasting images
- 5.6 Concluding remarks
- Chapter 6: The Tamil Ur
- 6.1 Discussing Ur
- 6.2 ‘Home’ versus ‘Ur’
- 6.3 Relating the two concepts: ‘Ur’ and ‘Attachment’
- Chapter 7: Conclusion: an outlook
- 7.1 Home and Attachment: the varied meanings
- 7.3 Post-war development: ideas and visions
- 7.4 On the road to recovery: Tamil diaspora as investors
- 7.5 What the future holds: Fate of the displaced persons
- Bibliography
- Appendix.