scholarly journals Mobility Writers in–between Multiculturalism and Transculturality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Saeed Otaiwi Joudar
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Michael Ondaatje

Ez a tanulmány megvizsgálja a kanadai etnikai kisebbségek esetét a multikulturalizmusról szóló politikai nyilatkozat előtt, majd összehasonlítja azt az etnikai kisebbségek esetével a multikulturalizmus politikájának deklarálása után. A vizsgálat a 20. század eleji kanadai magyar etnikum esetének tanulmányozásával történik. Ezután a tanulmány arra törekszik, hogy feltárja az etnikai kisebbségek esetét Kanadában 1971 után, mivel a megvitatott jelentős kérdés a transzkulturális diskurzus kérdése. A tanulmány középpontjában azok az etnikai kisebbségi írók állnak, akik az Én és a többség kapcsolatát keresik, mivel ezek az írók személyes tapasztalataiktól függenek, amikor egyik helyről a másikra mozognak. Ebben a tanulmányban elsősorban azokra az írókra helyezik a hangsúlyt, akik különféle kulturális gyökerekkel rendelkező bevándorló családokból származtak: magyar – kanadai (John Marlyn), iraki kanadai zsidó (Naim Kattan) és Srí Lanka-kanadai (Michael Ondaatje). Ennek a három írónak a Halál bordái, a búcsú Babilon és a Futás a családban elemzésével készült szövegek elemzésével ez a tanulmány feltárja az etnikai többség szerepét és hatásuk mértékét az etnikai kisebbségek integrációjára a kanadai társadalomban. A multikulturalizmus politikájának hatása etnikai identitásuk és kulturális örökségük megőrzésével elősegíti a kisebbségek beilleszkedését a kanadai társadalomba. E tanulmány megállapításai azt állítják, hogy az etikai kisebbségi írók két célt értek el a kanadai multikulturalizmus politikájának segítségével: egyrészt lehetővé teszik etnikai hovatartozásuk dinamikájának fenntartását, másrészt transzkulturális párbeszéd kialakítását teszik lehetővé a többséggel, hogy segítsék őket beilleszkedni a kanadai társadalomba.

scholarly journals Imagining Sri Lanka

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derick Ariyam
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Michael Ondaatje ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Shyam Selvadurai ◽  
The Family ◽  
Anil's Ghost

<p>Analyzes the works of three Sri Lankan expatriates, the writers, Shyam Selvadurai and Michael Ondaatje, and the artist, M.I.A., giving particular attention to Selvadurai's Funny Boy and Ondaatje's Running in the Family, Anil's Ghost, and The Cinnamon Peeler. Though all three have been charged as "inauthentic" due to their dislocated positions, uncovers the various productive and complicated ways Sri Lanka has been configured by those outside its shores.</p>

scholarly journals Modalities of representation and perception in Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Sigrid Renaux
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Michael Ondaatje ◽  
Anil's Ghost

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2017v70n1p113Este estudo analisa a maneira pela qual a interdependência da representação e percepção da realidade é exemplificada e questionada em O Fantasma de Anil, de Michael Ondaatje (2000). Neste trabalho de literatura de resistência, através de um narrador onisciente, entramos não apenas nos espaços geográficos e na história cultural do Sri Lanka, mas nos encontramos participando da luta diária do povo para sobreviver, identificar e buscar justiça para os muitos mortos neste conflito entre grupos étnicos e o governo. Esta fragmentação da estrutura narrativa - lançando dúvidas sobre as relações conflituosas estabelecidas entre o presente e o passado dos personagens, entre valores ocidentais e orientais em relação ao conceito de verdade, a busca de identidade e amor perdidos - destaca ainda o intercâmbio entre representações e percepções da realidade.

Abstract #604: Detection of Cardiovascular Risk Factors by Anthropometric Measures in Adults Living in an Urban Setting in Sri Lanka

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 114-115
Author(s):  
Kavinga Gunawardane ◽  
Noel Somasundaram ◽  
Neil Thalagala ◽  
Pubudu Chulasiri ◽  
Sudath Fernando
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Anthropometric Measures

Prevalence of Suicidal Ideation in Sri Lanka

Crisis ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudath Samaraweera ◽  
Athula Sumathipala ◽  
Sisira Siribaddana ◽  
S. Sivayogan ◽  
Dinesh Bhugra
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
General Population ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
National Average ◽  
The West ◽  
Suicide Methods ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Completed Suicide ◽  
The World

Background: Suicidal ideation can often lead to suicide attempts and completed suicide. Studies have shown that Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of suicide in the world but so far no studies have looked at prevalence of suicidal ideation in a general population in Sri Lanka. Aims: We wanted to determine the prevalence of suicidal ideation by randomly selecting six Divisional Secretariats (Dss) out of 17 in one district. This district is known to have higher than national average rates of suicide. Methods: 808 participants were interviewed using Sinhala versions of GHQ-30 and Beck’s Scale for Suicidal Ideation. Of these, 387 (48%) were males, and 421 (52%) were female. Results: On Beck’s Scale for Suicidal Ideation, 29 individuals (4%) had active suicidal ideation and 23 (3%) had passive suicidal ideation. The active suicidal ideators were young, physically ill and had higher levels of helplessness and hopelessness. Conclusions: The prevalence of suicidal ideation in Sri Lanka is lower than reported from the West and yet suicide rates are higher. Further work must explore cultural and religious factors.

Suicide on the Indian Subcontinent

Crisis ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 104-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murad M. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Elderly Subjects ◽  
Important Public Health Problem ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Formidable Challenge ◽  
Causative Factors

Summary: The Indian subcontinent comprises eight countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bhutan, and the Maldives) and a collective population of more than 1.3 billion people. 10% of the world's suicides (more than 100,000 people) take place in just three of these countries, viz. India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. There is very little information on suicides from the other four countries. Some differences from suicides in Western countries include the high use of organophosphate insecticides, larger numbers of married women, fewer elderly subjects, and interpersonal relationship problems and life events as important causative factors. There is need for more and better information regarding suicide in the countries of the Indian subcontinent. In particular, studies must address culture-specific risk factors associated with suicide in these countries. The prevention of this important public health problem in an area of the world with myriad socio-economic problems, meager resources, and stigmatization of mental illness poses a formidable challenge to mental health professionals, policy makers, and governments of these countries.

Sri Lanka: Political violence and ethnic conflict.

1998 ◽  
Vol 53 (7) ◽  
pp. 771-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Rogers ◽  
Jonathan Spencer ◽  
Jayadeva Uyangoda
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Ethnic Conflict

Emic Perspectives on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children's Mental Health in Northern Sri Lanka

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wietse Tol ◽  
Fiona Thomas ◽  
Anavarathan Vallipuram ◽  
Sambasivamoorthy Sivayokan ◽  
Mark Jordans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Children’S Mental Health ◽  
Children's Mental Health ◽  
The Impact
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