02882nam 2200637Ia 450 991081005330332120200520144314.00-8166-9543-1(CKB)1000000000246867(OCoLC)191952044(CaPaEBR)ebrary10124793(SSID)ssj0000276601(PQKBManifestationID)11231491(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276601(PQKBWorkID)10232932(PQKB)11586881(MiAaPQ)EBC310728(MdBmJHUP)muse38766(Au-PeEL)EBL310728(CaPaEBR)ebr10124793(CaONFJC)MIL523002(EXLCZ)99100000000024686720050803d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAbiding by Sri Lanka on peace, place, and postcoloniality /Qadri Ismail1st ed.Minneapolis, Minn. University of Minnesota Press ;Bristol University Presses Marketing [distributor]20051 online resource (320 p.) Public worlds ;v. 16Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8166-4254-0 0-8166-4255-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Public worlds ;v. 16.EthnologySri LankaPhilosophyPolitical violenceSri LankaSri LankaEthnic relationsSri LankaSocial conditionsSri LankaPolitics and government1978-EthnologyPhilosophy.Political violence954.93032Ismail Qadri1629569MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810053303321Abiding by Sri Lanka3967379UNINA