Women and The Nation’s Narrative : Gender and Nationalism in Twentieth Century Sri Lanka
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Edition
1st. Ed.
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ISBN
8186706410
Length
x+293p., Illustrations; Bibliography; 23cm.
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This book explores the development of nationalism in Sri Lanka during the past century, particularly with in the dominant Sinhala Buddhist and militant Tamil movements. Tracing the ways women from diverse backgrounds have engaged with nationalism, Neloufer de Mel argues that gender is crucial to an understanding of nationlism and vice versa. Traversing both the colonial and postcolonial periods in Sri Lanka’s history, the author assesses a range of writers, ...