Bart Klem is an Associate Professor in Peace and Development studies at Gothenburg University (Sweden). He writes about everyday life and politics amidst armed conflict. He has conducted fieldwork across Sri Lanka's northeast since 2000. He co-authored Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque (Pluto 2015) and co-edited journal issues on insurgent politics (Modern Asian Studies 2018) and on legal identity under insurgencies (Citizenship Studies 2024).

• List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Frequently Used Sri Lankan Terms; A Typographical Note on Separatism; Introduction; 1. Sovereignty, Performativity and Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka; 2. Performing an Insurgent Sovereign Experiment; 3. Reconstituting 'Pure Tamil Space' after Sovereign Erasure; 4. The Bureaucratic Evolution of Devolution; 5. Tamil Nationalist Anti-politics in the Wake of Defeat; 6. Conclusion; Epilogue; References; Index.

Bart Klem is an Associate Professor in Peace and Development studies at Gothenburg University (Sweden). He writes about everyday life and politics amidst armed conflict. He has conducted fieldwork across Sri Lanka's northeast since 2000. He co-authored Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque (Pluto 2015) and co-edited journal issues on insurgent politics (Modern Asian Studies 2018) and on legal identity under insurgencies (Citizenship Studies 2024).

• List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Frequently Used Sri Lankan Terms; A Typographical Note on Separatism; Introduction; 1. Sovereignty, Performativity and Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka; 2. Performing an Insurgent Sovereign Experiment; 3. Reconstituting 'Pure Tamil Space' after Sovereign Erasure; 4. The Bureaucratic Evolution of Devolution; 5. Tamil Nationalist Anti-politics in the Wake of Defeat; 6. Conclusion; Epilogue; References; Index.

Bart Klem is an Associate Professor in Peace and Development studies at Gothenburg University (Sweden). He writes about everyday life and politics amidst armed conflict. He has conducted fieldwork across Sri Lanka's northeast since 2000. He co-authored Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque (Pluto 2015) and co-edited journal issues on insurgent politics (Modern Asian Studies 2018) and on legal identity under insurgencies (Citizenship Studies 2024).

• List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Frequently Used Sri Lankan Terms; A Typographical Note on Separatism; Introduction; 1. Sovereignty, Performativity and Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka; 2. Performing an Insurgent Sovereign Experiment; 3. Reconstituting 'Pure Tamil Space' after Sovereign Erasure; 4. The Bureaucratic Evolution of Devolution; 5. Tamil Nationalist Anti-politics in the Wake of Defeat; 6. Conclusion; Epilogue; References; Index.