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...Sascha Ebeling Kriyāviṉ taṟkālat tamiḻ akarāti (tamiḻ-tamiḻ-āṅkilam): Cre-A Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil (Tamil-Tamil-English) . 2nd ed. Edited by S. Ramakrishnan . Chennai : Cre-A Publishers , 2008 . lxiii , 1328 pp. Rs. 495 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian...

...James M. Lindholm Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1978 1978 Tamil Literature . By Kamil Veith Zvelebil . Wiesbaden : Otto Harrassowitz (A History of Indian Literature, Vol. I), 1974 . viii, 316 pp. Notes, Index. DM 88.00 Tamil Literature . By K. V...

...Anne E. Monius Ritual and Mythological Sources of the Early Tamil Poetry . By Alexander M. Dubianskii . Groningen : Egbert Forsten , 2000 . xxi, 224 pp. Kāvya in South India: Old Tamil Cankam Poetry . By Herman Tieken . Groningen : Egbert Forsten , 2001 . 270 pp...

...S. Vaidyanathan Tamil Studies Abroad: A Symposium . Edited by Xavier S. Thani Nayagam . Kuala Lumpur : The International Association of Tamil Research , 1968 . 269 pp. Appendix, Bibliography, n.p. Proceedings of the First International Conference Seminar of Tamil Studies, Vol. I...

...Michael Moffatt Behind Poverty: The Social Formation in a Tamil Village . By Göran Djurfeldt and Staffan Lindberg . Lund : Studentlitteratur ; and London: Curzon Press, 1975 . 340 pp. Maps, Illustrations, Tables, Notes, Appendixes, Glossary, Bibliography, n.p.l. Pills against...

...Steven Kemper S. J. V. Chelvanayakam and the Crisis of Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism, 1947–1977 . By A. Jeyaratnam Wilson . Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press , 1994 . ix, 149 pp. $26.00 (cloth). States, Nations, Sovereignty: Sri Lanka, India and the Tamil Eelam Movement...

...Indira Viswanathan Peterson A Gift of Tamil: Translations from Tamil Literature. In Honor of K. Paramasivam . Edited By Norman Cutler and Paula Richman . Manohar : American Institute of Indian Studies , 1992 . viii, 151 pp. $16.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies...

...Sara Dickey The Right Spouse: Preferential Marriages in Tamil Nadu . By Isabelle Clark-Decès . Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , 2014 . x, 204 pp. ISBN: 9780804788069 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2019  2019 The Right Spouse...

... unpack the power dynamics of caste, class, and gender that roil Tamil Catholic communities and their relations with non-Catholics. Both represent breakthrough scholarship that will be of interest not only to specialists in Indian Christianity but also those engaged in broader questions about...

...Kristen Rudisill Celluloid Classicism: Early Tamil Cinema and the Making of Modern Bharatanātyam . By Hari Krishnan . Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press , 2019 . xii, 323 pp. ISBN: 9780819578877 (paper). Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict: Practicing Bharata Natyam...

...Bryan Pfaffenberger The Break-up of Sri Lanka: The Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict . By A. Jeyaratnam Wilson . Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press , 1988 . xvi , 240 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 196 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES understanding...

... independent news agency TamilNet (which presents accurate, timely, subversive, firsthand English reporting from the north and east of Sri Lanka). His opinions were widely respected by the Tamil diaspora and by international news agencies covering the conflict in Sri Lanka. Sivaram saw the level of risk...

...Hank Heifetz The Tamil Veda; Piḷḷāṉ's Interpretation of the Tiruvāymoḻi . By John Carman and Vasudha Narayanan . Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1989 . $49.95 (cloth); $19.95 (paper), xviii, 323 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 716...

...David Rudner The Northern Nadars of Tamil Nadu. An Indian Caste in the Process of Change . By Dennis Templeman . Delhi : Oxford University Press , 1996 . xxi, 284 p. $24.95 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1998 1998 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 591...

...Martha Ann Selby Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1988 1988 Cool Fire: Culture Specific Themes in Tamil Short Stories . By Gabriella Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi . Edition Herodot Monographica 3. Göttingen : Rader Verlag , 1983 . viii, 365 pp. $35.00 (paper). BOOK...

...Donald Nelson Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1978 1978 The Relation between Tamil and Classical Sanskrit Literature . By George Luzerne Hart . Wiesbaden : Otto Harrassowitz (A History of Indian Literature, Vol. X, Fasc. 2, pp. 313–52), 1976 . 40 pp. Index...

...Amita Shastri Abstract The Ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka has aroused increasing international attention. The demands of the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnoregional movement for greater independence from the Sinhalese-dominated center developed through various stages into a call for a separate state...

...Dennis Hudson Tamil Temple Myths: Sacrifice and Divine Marriage in the South Indian Śaiva Tradition . By David Dean Shulman . Princeton, N. J. : Princeton University Press , 1980 . xvi, 471 pp. Bibliography, Index of Motifs, Index of Place Names and Local Deity Names. $30. Copyright ©...

...Anand A. Yang Rural Organizations in South India: The Dynamics of Laborer and Tenant Unions and Farmer Associations in Kerala and Tamil Nadu . By K. C. Alexander . Ithaca, N.Y. : Rural Development Committee, Center for International Studies, Cornell University , 1979 . v, 101 pp. $3.50...

...Pamela G. Price The Powers of Tamil Women . Edited by Susan S. Wadley . Syracuse : Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University , 1980 . xix, 170 pp. $8 (paper) Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1982 1982 628 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...