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1. Rethinking gender and conflict : discourses, embodiments and symbolic practices / Georg Frerks, Reinhilde Sotiria Konig and Annelou Ypeij -- 2. Oral histories of gender in flux : challenging popular perceptions about the state of gender in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo / Theo Hollander -- 3. Making uncertain manhood : masculinities, embodiment and agency among male Hamas youth / Maria Frederika Malmstrom -- 4. Women's violence and gender relations in the Israeli Defence Forces / Ilaria Simonetti -- 5. Between agency and subjugation : female LTTE combatants in the Sri Lankan conflict and post-war situation / Georg Frerks -- 6. Fighting over a public toilet : masculinities, class and violence in a Nairobi ghetto / Naomi van Stapele -- 7. 'The colonized bodies of our women.' : imaginative and material terrains of US military entertainment on the fringes of South Korea / Elisabeth Schober -- 8. The prisoner's body : violence, desire, and masculinities in a Nicaraguan prison theater group / Julienne Weegels -- 9. 'Being carried out' : women's bodies and masculinity inside and outside the Capoeira Ring / Menara Lube Guizardi and Annelou Ypeij -- 10. 'You could be surprised how sweet and caring some guys are' : girls' writings about sexuality, romance and conflict / Joanne Cassar -- 11. Just words under the wall : a peace-building experience in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Patrizia Violi.

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AbstractThis article focuses on how the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) insurgency performed de facto sovereignty and public authority in Northeastern Sri Lanka. It is situated within the wider academic debate on governance by state and non-state actors. We venture to unravel the complex linkages between the LTTE's governance practices and legitimation strategies by looking at narratives, performances, and inscriptions. While monopolizing the justice and policing sectors, in other sectors the LTTE operated pragmatically in conjunction with the state. The organization tried to generate and sustain public authority and legitimacy through a variety of violent and non-violent practices and symbols. It 'mimicked' statehood by deploying, among others, policing, uniforms, ceremonies, nationalist songs, commemorations of combatants, and the media. This not only consolidated its grip on the Northeast, but also engineered a level of support and compliance. We conclude that the LTTE's governance included practices that were created and carried out independently from the Sri Lankan state, while others took shape within a pre-existing political order and service provision by the state. The article elucidates the LTTE's mimicry of the state, as well as the operation of parallel structures and hybrid forms of state-LTTE collaboration. This facilitates a nuanced understanding of rebel governance beyond a simple state versus non-state binary.

Based on extensive fieldwork in Sri Lanka, we analyze how the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) acquired legitimacy and how legitimation impacts civilian perceptions of the rebels. Despite the LTTE's reliance on coercion to induce compliance, civilians also supported the LTTE and their imagined state of Tamil Eelam voluntarily. Different LTTE strategies and acts helped creating legitimacy. Effective forms of legitimation were rooted in Tamil nationalism, tradition, charismatic leadership, sacrifices made by LTTE cadres and the people's need for protection. However, the strong reformative socio-political agenda of the LTTE largely failed to engender legitimacy among the population.