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The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity Harshana Rambukwella.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rambukwella, Harshana, author.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Anthologies
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176)
- Place of Publication:
- UCL Press 2018
- London : UCL Press, 2018.
- Language Note:
- English.
- Summary:
- What is the role of cultural authenticity in the making of nations? Much scholarly and popular commentary on nationalism dismisses authenticity as a romantic fantasy or, worse, a deliberately constructed mythology used for political manipulation. The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity places authenticity at the heart of Sinhala nationalism in late nineteenth and twentieth-century Sri Lanka. It argues that the passion for the 'real' or the 'authentic' has played a significant role in shaping nationalist thinking and argues for an empathetic yet critical engagement with the idea of authenticity.
- Notes:
- CC BY
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781787351288
- 1787351289
- OCLC:
- 1051780197
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