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The Hybrid Island. Culture Crossings and the Invention of Identity in Sri Lanka.
Neluka Silva
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Paperback. A tribute to the mixed hybrid and multicultural nature of Sri Lanka's society, which challenges assumptions of ethnic purity and attempts to recover a hidden history of hybridity. Num Pages: 192 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTB; JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
This collection of essays constitutes a tribute to the hybrid and multicultural nature of Sri Lanka‘s society and cultures, composed of Sinhala, Tamil, Muslims and Burghers and including the major faiths - Buddhism, Hindu, Islam and Christianity. The volume challenges assumptions of ethnic purity (based on myths of origin - Aryan, Dravidian, Semitic, European) by attempting to recover a hidden history of hybridity, and critiques facile celebrations of hybridity by assessing when hybridity is empowering and when it is not. The essays in this book cover a range of topics from the personal effects of hybridity to its political ramifications. ... Read more
This collection of essays constitutes a tribute to the hybrid and multicultural nature of Sri Lanka‘s society and cultures, composed of Sinhala, Tamil, Muslims and Burghers and including the major faiths - Buddhism, Hindu, Islam and Christianity. The volume challenges assumptions of ethnic purity (based on myths of origin - Aryan, Dravidian, Semitic, European) by attempting to recover a hidden history of hybridity, and critiques facile celebrations of hybridity by assessing when hybridity is empowering and when it is not. The essays in this book cover a range of topics from the personal effects of hybridity to its political ramifications. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842772034
SKU
V9781842772034
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About Neluka Silva
Neluka Silva is head of the Department of English at the University of Colombo. Her research interests include nationalism and gender issues in cultural production in south Asia, Sri Lankan teledrama and theatre. She is at present co-editing a collection of papers on women in the conflict zones of Sri Lanka and the post-Yugoslav states, and 'Cross Cultural Identities: contemporary ... Read more
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