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Abiding by Sri Lanka : on peace, place, and postcoloniality / Qadri Ismail.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ismail, Qadri.
- Series:
- Public worlds ; v. 16.
- Public worlds ; v. 16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Sri Lanka--Philosophy.
- Ethnology.
- Political violence--Sri Lanka.
- Political violence.
- Sri Lanka--Ethnic relations.
- Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka--Social conditions.
- Sri Lanka--Politics and government--1978-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Abiding by Sri Lanka examines how the disciplines of anthropology, history, and literature treat the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict. With close readings of texts that "abide" by Sri Lanka, texts that have a commitment to it, Ismail demonstrates that the problems in Sri Lanka raise fundamental concerns for us all regarding the relationship between democracies and minorities.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Abiding by Sri Lanka
- 1 Better Things to Do: (Dis)Placing Sri Lanka, (Re)Conceptualizing Postcoloniality
- 2 Majority Rules: Reading a Sinhalese Nationalist History
- 3 Minority Matters: Reading a Tamil Nationalist History
- 4 What, to the Leftist, Is a Good Story? Two Fictional Critiques of Nationalism
- Conclusion: Does Democracy Inhibit Peace?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9543-1
- OCLC:
- 191952044
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