Survival media : the politics and poetics of mobility and the war in Sri Lanka

Author(s)

• Perera, Suvendrini

Bibliographic Information

Survival media : the politics and poetics of mobility and the war in Sri Lanka

Suvendrini Perera

（Mobility & politics / series editors Martin Geiger, Parvati Raghuram and William Walters）（Palgrave pivot）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-130) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Through the narratives and movements of survivors of the war in Lanka these interconnected essays develop the concept of 'survival media' as embodied and expressive forms of mobility across borders.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations Series Editor's Foreword In Lieu of... Preface: The Location of the Aftermath Introduction: Lethal Imaginaries of Nationalism: A Brief History in Checkpoints 1. Lines of Flight: Survival Media 2. Missing In Action: By All Media Necessary 3. White Shores of Longing: Castaway Stories and Nation Dramas 4. Accounting For Disposable Lives: Visibility, Atrocity and International Justice 5. Territory of Ashes: A Disjointed Unfolding Conclusion: 'From what has happened to what will come' Afterword Bibliography

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Details

• NCID: BB24759725
• ISBN:
  • 9781137444639
• LCCN: 2015509987
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 133 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS489.84
  • DC23 : 954.9303/2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sri Lanka -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2009 -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Sri Lanka -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2009 -- Mass media and the war
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB21249405
  • BB1163475X