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Abiding by Sri Lanka : on peace, place, and postcoloniality
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Abiding by Sri Lanka : on peace, place, and postcoloniality / Qadri Ismail.
ISBN
0816642540 (hc : alk. paper)
0816642559 (pb : alk. paper)
Published
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2005.
Physical Description
xlvi, 273 p. ; 23 cm.
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2006
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-269) and index.
Contents
Introduction: abiding by Sri Lanka
Better things to do: (dis)placing Sri Lanka, (re)conceptualizing postcoloniality
Majority rules: reading a Sinhalese nationalist history
Minority matters: reading a Tamil nationalist history
What, to the leftist, is a good novel? Two fictional critiques of nationalism
Conclusion: does democracy inhibit peace?
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