Becoming a Fearless Tiger: The Social Conditions for the Production of LTTE Fighters
Becoming a Fearless Tiger: The Social Conditions for the Production of LTTE Fighters
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New York: Berghahn Journals
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Abstract This article offers an analysis of how a revolutionary organization—the LTTE in the Sri Lankan civil war (1983–2009)—used military training camps to produce new members. By framing war as a “transformative social condition” (Lubkemann 2008), I will show that the LTTE did not only teach recruits how to fight but also attempted to produce ne...
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Becoming a Fearless Tiger: The Social Conditions for the Production of LTTE Fighters
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TN_cdi_gale_infotracmisc_A770556798
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_gale_infotracmisc_A770556798
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2164-4543
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2164-4551
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10.3167/arcs.2023.090103
