"A Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies"--Page 4 of cover.
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"A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--P [ii].
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-297) and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- The past -- March 1996 -- Vasanta and Rosa -- About Vithusa -- What Menan showed me -- Girls in the LTTE -- Boys in the LTTE -- Spectacles and mysteries -- Look for what you do not see.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Enemy Lines captures the extraordinary story of boys and girls coming of age during a civil war. Margaret Trawick lived and worked in Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka, where thousands of youths have been recruited into the Sri Lankan armed resistance movement known as the Tamil Tigers. This compelling account of her experiences is a powerful exploration of how children respond to the presence of war and how adults have responded to the presence of children in this conflict. Her beautifully written account, which includes voices of the teenagers and young adults who have joined the Tamil.
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JSTOR
Stock Number
22573/cttsxf82
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Title
Enemy lines.
International Standard Book Number
0520245156
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association)
Tamil̲īl̲a Viṭutalaippulikaḷ (Association)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Children and violence-- Sri Lanka-- Batticaloa District.
Children and war-- Sri Lanka-- Batticaloa District.
Children-- Sri Lanka-- Batticaloa District-- Social conditions.
Tamil (Indic people)-- Sri Lanka-- Batticaloa District-- Social conditions.
Tamil (Indic people)-- Wars-- Sri Lanka-- Batticaloa District.
Children and violence
Children and war
Children-- Social conditions
HISTORY.
Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
Tamil (Indic people)-- Social conditions
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Batticaloa District (Sri Lanka), Social conditions.