Abiding by Sri Lanka : on peace, place, and postcoloniality / / Qadri Ismail

• Autore: Ismail Qadri
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press; Bristol, : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Disciplina: 954.93032
• Soggetto topico: Ethnology - Sri Lanka - Philosophy; Political violence - Sri Lanka
• Soggetto geografico: Sri Lanka Ethnic relations; Sri Lanka Social conditions; Sri Lanka Politics and government 1978-
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Abiding by Sri Lanka
• ISBN: 0-8166-9543-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810053303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Public worlds ; ; v. 16.