Enemy Lines: Warfare, Childhood, and Play in Batticaloa - Hardcover

Trawick, Margaret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520245156 ISBN 13: 9780520245150

Publisher: University of California Press, 2007

Synopsis

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 Tigers, brings alive a region where childhood, warfare, and play have become commingled in a world of continuous uncertainty.

About this title

About the Author:

Margaret Trawick is Professor of Social Anthropology at Massey University in New Zealand. She is author of Notes on Love in a Tamil Family (UC Press).

Review:

“A moving accomplishment, a gripping read.” (Social Anthropology/Anthropologie 2009-08-01)

“I strongly recommend this volume for researchers who plan to work in a war-torn society.” (Journal Royal Anthro Inst 2011-02-07)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0520245156
• ISBN 13: 9780520245150
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320