There are good reasons to celebrate the Sri Lankan government's recent victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). However, the Tamil population's distrust of the government will not change easily. The Tamil diaspora located in Europe, Australia and Canada saw the LTTE as the only force that could protect the Tamil people from complete annihilation, and the war's end has left them...

This paper focuses on seasonal labour migration in rural India to examine how migrant returnees sought reconstitute historical and hierarchical social relations their home villages. I use qualitative research conducted Maharashtra state western from 2014–15 among landowning farmers, landless returnees, nonmigrant laborers. demonstrate that for the an important element of cultural change communi...

Abstract This study seeks to contextualise the king’s “negative confession,” which took place in spring Akītu Festival of Babylon, within established norms Mesopotamian ritual practice. The humiliation is situated contexts status reversal, lament and weeping. includes a comparative almanac Akkadian prayer and/or exclamation known as šigû .

From long empirical work with homeless crack users, I approach aspects related to the field of sensations and emotions, especially in situations reports that involve disgust, humiliation, shame. Although different sensitive practical manifestations, these emotions address multiple demotion practices, central comprehend how repudiation is practiced felt it models, dialogue Judith Butler, policie...

The workplace is currently one of the main places discrimination for socially vulnerable groups such as immigrant workers, who are often required to take on highly stigmatized, menial jobs under supervisors subject them daily mistreatment and racism. This study adopted a qualitative approach 42 semi‐structured interviews Ecuadorian workers residing in Spain explore processes these laborers feel...

A wall of silence surrounds torture. This silence, shame and humiliation is just what the torturer depends on. It is important to remember this when a survivor (refugee or asylum seeker) whose life has been damaged and destroyed in many ways is being assessed in the A&E department. Over 5,000 people per month seek refuge in the UK, many of whom will have suffered torture, leaving them physicall...