Violence, the everyday and the question of the ordinary

Contemporary South Asia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-24

  Walker, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Ordinary life; Sri Lanka; The everyday; Trust; Violence

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL CONFLICT; ETHNIC CONFLICT; QUALITY OF LIFE; VIOLENCE;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 77950955060     PISSN: 09584935     EISSN: 1469364X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09584930903561564     Document Type: Article

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