Dennis McGilvray

Symbolic Heat (Book)

Dennis McGilvray

ISBN:9780944142875

For the Tamils, an ethnic community in modern-day South India and Sri Lanka, a concept of physical and spiritual heat as female energy (sakti) influences their diet...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:80

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Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: Ethnic and Regional Dimensions (Book)

Dennis McGilvray

ISBN:9780415778770

The Indian Ocean Tsunami, which devastated 70% of Sri Lanka's coastline and killed an estimated 31,000 people was remarkable both in the magnitude of the disaster and in the scale of the relief and recovery operations mounted by national and international agencies...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:208

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Caste Ideology and Interaction (Book)

Dennis B McGilvray

ISBN:9780521105002

Following the publication of the book by E. R. Leach, ed., Aspects of Caste in South India, Ceylon and North-West Pakistan (1960), much additional information was gathered on caste hierarchies in South Asia...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:268

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Crucible of Conflict: Tamil and Muslim Society on the East Coast of Sri Lanka (Book)

Dennis B McGilvray

ISBN:9780822341611

"Crucible of Conflict" is an ethnographic and historical study of Hindu castes, matrilineal family structure, popular religious traditions, and ethnic conflict. It is also the first full-length ethnography of Sri Lanka's east coast...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:425

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Crucible of Conflict: Tamil and Muslim Society on the East Coast of Sri Lanka (Book)

Dennis B McGilvray

ISBN:9780822341376

"Crucible of Conflict" is an ethnographic and historical study of Hindu castes, matrilineal family structure, popular religious traditions, and ethnic conflict. It is also the first full-length ethnography of Sri Lanka's east coast...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:448

USD $193.12

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