Demons and development : the struggle for community in a Sri Lankan village /

Demons and development : the struggle for community in a Sri Lankan village /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Brow, James.
Imprint:	Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c1996.
Description:	xviii, 218 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Hegemony and experience
Subject:	Ethnology -- Sri Lanka -- Anuradhapura (District) Vedda (Sri Lankan people) -- Social conditions. Communities Nationalism -- Sri Lanka. Communities. Ethnology. Nationalism. Social conditions. Vedda (Sri Lankan people) -- Social conditions. Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka : District) -- Social conditions. Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka : District) -- Religious life and customs. Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka -- Anuradhapura (District)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2558820

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ISBN:	0816516383 (acid-free paper) 0816516391 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-211) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Ceremony in Samadigama
2. Orientations
3. Of Savages and Kings
4. The Village Community Confronts the Market
5. Party Politics and Nationalist Rhetoric
6. The Awakening Village
7. The Rise of the Fernandos
8. Life in Samadigama
9. Gods and Demons
10. Offerings to the Gods
11. Private Practice
12. Reflections.