"I Can Hear Her Breathing…": Second-Generation Sri Lankan Tamil Womyn Reflect on the 2009 Toronto Tamil Protests

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dc.contributor.advisorFord-Smith, Honor
dc.creatorThiyagarajah, Nayani
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-28T15:45:18Z
dc.date.available2015-08-28T15:45:18Z
dc.date.copyright2015-04-22
dc.date.issued2015-08-28
dc.date.updated2015-08-28T15:45:18Z
dc.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractPublic activism in the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora was demonstrated by the mass protests held in Toronto in 2009, in the months leading to the end of civil war Sri Lanka. Following the protests, research focusing on increased transnational participation, public performance of Tamil identities, and personal post-war feelings has emerged. Still, very little attention has been given to self-identified womyn’s narratives and reflections. This paper and film focus on the experiences of second-generation Sri Lankan Tamil womyn , speaking specifically to gendered diasporic imaginations, subjectivities, and possible transformations produced through participation or non-participation in the 2009 protests. It argues how both protest and silence, in a transnational context, work to disrupt narratives of nationhood suggested by Canada, Sri Lanka, and the former de-facto state of Tamil Eelam.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/30116
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectSouth Asian studies
dc.subjectWomen's studies
dc.subjectPerforming arts
dc.subject.keywordsTamil
dc.subject.keywordsWomen
dc.subject.keywordsGirl
dc.subject.keywordsSouth Asian
dc.subject.keywordsDiaspora
dc.subject.keywordsActivism
dc.subject.keywordsProtest
dc.subject.keywordsAutoethnography
dc.subject.keywordsFilm
dc.subject.keywordsPerformativity
dc.title"I Can Hear Her Breathing…": Second-Generation Sri Lankan Tamil Womyn Reflect on the 2009 Toronto Tamil Protests
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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