The hybrid island : culture crossings and the invention of identity in Sri Lanka /

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Imprint:London : Zed, c2002.
Description:vii, 177 p., [2] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4908979
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Other authors / contributors:Silva, Neluka.
ISBN:1842772031
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Hybrid Island--Neluka Silva
  • Where Have All the Vaddas Gone?
  • Buddhism and Aboriginality in Sri Lanka
  • What's in a Name? Aryans and Dravidians in the Making of Sri Lankan Identities
  • Identity on the Borderline: Re-Casting Ethnicity, Reclaiming Multicultural History
  • From Hybridity to Authenticity: The Biography of a Few Kandyan Things
  • The Performance of Hybridity in the Visual Culture of the No Order Group of Sri Lanka
  • Situating the Hybrid 'Other' in an Era of Conflict: Representations of the Burgher in Contemporary Writings in English--Neluka Silva
  • Kiribath: A Search of Good Luck and Common Ground
  • Is it 'Normal'? Baila Music, Hybridity and the Sinhala Nationalist Project--