Deborah Winslow and Michael D. Woost, eds.
"Will be of interest to those working on conflict and peace studies,
economic development, cultural studies, and women in the modern world. A key new
publication." -- Chandra R. de Silva, Old Dominion
University
"... offers a superb overview of how a civil war,
driven by ethnicity, can engender a new culture and a new political economy...
Highly recommended."
-- Choice
Economy, Culture, and
Civil War in Sri Lanka provides a lucid and up-to-date interpretation of Sri Lankan
society and its 20-year civil conflict. An interdisciplinary examination of the
relationship between the economy, broadly defined, and the reproduction of violent
conflict, this volume argues that the war is grounded not just in the goals and
intentions of the opposing sides, but also in the everyday orientations,
experiences, and material practices of all Sri Lankan people. The contributors
explore changing political and policy contexts; the effect of long-term conflict on
employment opportunities and life choices for rural and urban youth; life histories,
memory, and narratives of violence; the "economics of enlisting" and
individual decisions about involvement in the war; and nationalism and the moral
debate triggered by women's employment in the international garment manufacturing
industry.
Contributors are Francesca Bremner, Michele Ruth
Gamburd, Newton Gunasinghe, Siri T. Hettige, Caitrin Lynch, John M. Richardson, Jr.,
Amita Shastri, Deborah Winslow, and Michael D. Woost.