Politics and Poetics of Authenticity: A Cultural Genealogy of Sinhala Nationalism

• Autore: Rambukwella Harshana
• Pubblicazione: UCL Press, 2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176)
• Soggetto topico: Literature & literary studies; History; Regional & national history; Asian history; Nationalism
• Soggetto non controllato: Authenticity; Decolonisation; Nationalism; Sinhala; Buddhism; Dharmapala; Sri Lanka
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Politics and Poetics of Authenticity: A Cultural Genealogy of Sinhala Nationalism
• ISBN: 1-78735-128-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910282250503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II