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The politics and poetics of authenticity : a cultural genealogy of Sinhala nationalism / Harshana Rambukwella.
Van Pelt Library DS489.25.S5 R36 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rambukwella, Harshana.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)--Ethnic identity.
- Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people).
- Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people)--Politics and government.
- Ethnicity.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 164 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : UCL Press, 2018.
- Contents:
- 1 Authentic problems p. 1
- 2 The protean life of authenticity: history, nation, Buddhism and identity p. 24
- 3 Anagarika Dharmapala: the nation and its place in the world p. 48
- 4 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike: the paradox of authenticity p. 73
- 5 Gunadasa Amarasekara: the life and death of authentic things p. 102
- 6 Conclusion: the postcolonial afterlife of authenticity p. 137.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-160) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Rambukwella, Harshana. Politics and poetics of authenticity.
- ISBN:
- 1787351300
- 9781787351301
- 9781787351295
- 1787351297
- OCLC:
- 1026726207
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