Overview
- Explores how university students navigate uncertainty and search for meaning in their daily lives
- Investigates how university students in Colombo navigate sex and sexuality
- Is based on thorough ethnographic interviews with local respondents
Part of the book series: Culture, Mind, and Society (CMAS)
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Table of contents(9 chapters)
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Reviews
“Native ethnographer Mihirini Sirisena delves into the intimacies of couple relationships between college students in Sri Lanka. Research participants talk about virginity, sexual intimacy, and gendered power relations, and the author deftly frames their frank revelations within an analysis of propriety, trust, and commitment. The book also explores terms of endearment, the value of thoughtful gifts, and the use of mobile phones, among other topics. In examining the practices of youthful love, Sirisena sheds light on surprising differences and heartwarming similarities in romantic relationships around the world.” (Michele Ruth Gamburd, Professor of Anthropology, Portland State University, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
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Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
Mihirini Sirisena
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Making and Meaning of Relationships in Sri Lanka
Book Subtitle: An Ethnography on University Students in Colombo
Authors: Mihirini Sirisena
Series Title: Culture, Mind, and Society
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76336-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76335-4Published: 23 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09469-0Published: 15 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76336-1Published: 15 March 2018
Series ISSN: 2637-6806
Series E-ISSN: 2634-517X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 242
Topics: Cross Cultural Psychology, Ethnography, Cultural Anthropology, Personality and Social Psychology