The Presence of the Past : : Chronicles, Politics, and Culture in Sinhala Life / / Steven Kemper.
Tracing the evolution of an ancient but ongoing Sri Lankan chronicle, Steven Kemper deepens our understanding of the complex role of the historical past in the rise of nationalist movements. Kemper focuses in particular on the Mahavamsa, a Buddhist historical narrative which has been periodically ex...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1992 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Wilder House series in politics, history, and culture
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Past Uses of the Past
- 2. Heroic Leaders and Discourses of Unity
- 3. Colonial Constructions of the Past
- 4. Contesting the Past
- 5. Races and Places
- 6. An Elected Government Invokes the Past
- 7. Nationalist Discourse
- Bibliography
- Index