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In My Mother’s House offers a deeply personal and sociological examination of Sri Lanka’s devastating civil war and its profound impact on families and communities. Through intimate narratives and ethnographic research, Sharika Thirangama reveals how the conflict penetrated the most private spaces of domestic life, transforming relationships, identities, and daily existence.
The book explores the experiences of those caught between competing political forces, displacement, loss, and the struggle to maintain family bonds amid chaos and violence. Thirangama’s work emphasizes the untold stories of ordinary people, particularly women, whose resilience and agency shaped survival during the war. By focusing on the household as a site of both vulnerability and resistance, the author provides crucial insights into how civil conflict affects the most fundamental aspects of human life.
Essential reading for understanding Sri Lanka’s recent history and the broader impacts of civil warfare on civilian populations.
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