02403nam 22006253a 450 991028225050332120250204000234.09781787351288178735128910.14324/111.9781787351288(CKB)4100000005321487(OAPEN)1000354(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/29026(ScCtBLL)20133526-4023-4c2e-9076-cc7d8bb9d525(OCoLC)1051780197(oapen)doab29026(EXLCZ)99410000000532148720250204i20182020 uu enguuuuu---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Politics and Poetics of AuthenticityHarshana RambukwellaUCL Press2018London :UCL Press,2018.1 online resource (176)9781787351295 1787351297 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.Literature & literary studiesbicsscHistorybicsscRegional & national historybicsscAsian historybicsscNationalismbicsscAnthologieslcgftAuthenticityDecolonisationNationalismSinhalaBuddhismDharmapalaSri LankaLiterature & literary studiesHistoryRegional & national historyAsian historyNationalismRambukwella Harshana954054ScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK9910282250503321The politics and poetics of authenticity3661026UNINA