LEADER 04098nam 2200613 450 001 9910795187803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-85745-517-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780857455178 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC981415 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL981415 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL600246 035 $a(OCoLC)871775415 035 $a(PZ_Ebook Central)EBC981415 035 $a(CKB)19357296900041 035 $a(DE-B1597)635973 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780857455178 035 $a(EXLCZ)9919357296900041 100 $a20120111d2012 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLegends of people, myths of state $eviolence, intolerance, and political culture in Sri Lanka and Australia /$fBruce Kapferer 205 $aRevised and updated edition. 210 1$aWashington :$cSmithsonian Institution Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (444 pages) 225 1 $aSmithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry 300 $aPrevious edition: Washington DC, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988. 311 08$aPrint version: Kapferer, Bruce Legends of People, Myths of State New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated,c2011 9780857454362 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLegends of People, Myths of State -- Contents -- Preface to the New and Revised Edition -- Preface to the Papeback Reissue -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Cultures of Nationalism -- Part I. Evil and the State -- Chapter 2. Ethnic Violence and the Force of History in Legend -- Chapter 3. Evil, Power, and the State -- Chapter 4. Ideological Practice, Ethnic Nationalism, and the Passions -- Part 2. People against the State -- Chapter 5. When the World Crumbles and the Heavens Fall in -- Chapter 6. But the Band Played "Waltzing Matilda -- Chapter 7. Ethnicity and Intolerance -- Chapter 8. Nationalism, Tradition, and Political Culture -- Notes -- References -- Appendices: Legends of People, Myths of State and the Current Context -- Appendix 1. In the Wake of Legends -- Appendix 2. Violence, Evil, and the State in Sri Lanka -- Appendix 3. Empty Spaces and the Multiple Modernities of Nationalism -- Appendix 4. The Social Genesis of Anzac Nationalism -- Appendix 5. The Australian Society of the State -- Index. 330 $aThe civil war in Sri Lanka and the part that nationalism seemed to play in it inspired the writing of this book some twenty-three years ago. The argument was developed through a comparative analysis of nationalism in Sri Lanka with the author's native Australia. At the time this constituted an innovative approach to comparison in anthropology, as well as to nationalism and its possibilities. It was not based on differences but on the way in which perspectives from within the two nationalisms, when seen side-by-side, could present an understanding of their implication in producing the violence of war, racism, and social exclusion. The book has lost none of its importance and urgency as proven by the chapters in the Appendix, written by top scholars working in Sri Lanka and in Australia. These contributions bring together new material and critically explore the book's themes and their continued relevance to the various trajectories in nationalist processes since the first publication of the book. 410 0$aSmithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry. 606 $aNationalism$vCase studies 606 $aState, The$vCase studies 606 $aEthnic relations$vCase studies 606 $aPolitical culture$zSri Lanka 606 $aPolitical culture$zAustralia 615 0$aNationalism 615 0$aState, The 615 0$aEthnic relations 615 0$aPolitical culture 615 0$aPolitical culture 676 $a320.54095493 700 $aKapferer$b Bruce$0154486 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795187803321 996 $aLegends of people, myths of state$93803254 997 $aUNINA