| Description |
vii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Hybrid Island / Neluka Silva -- 1. Where Have All the Vaddas Gone? Buddhism and Aboriginality in Sri Lanka / Gananath Obeyesekere -- 2. What's in a Name? Aryans and Dravidians in the Making of Sri Lankan Identities / Arjun Guneratne -- 3. Identity on the Borderline: Modernity, New Ethnicities, and the Unmaking of Multiculturalism in Sri Lanka / Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake -- 4. From Hybridity to Authenticity: the Biography of a few Kandyan Things / Nira Wickramasinghe -- 5. The Performance of Hybridity in the Visual Culture of the No Order Group of Sri Lanka / Yolanda Foster -- 6. Situating the Hybrid 'Other' in an Era of Conflict: Representations of the Burgher in Contemporary Writings in English / Neluka Silva -- 7. Kiribath: A Search for Good Luck and Common Ground / Vikram Singh -- 8. Baila Music: European Modernity, and Afro-Iberian Popular Music in Sri Lanka / Anne Sheeran |
| Notes |
Originally published: Colombo : Social Scientists' Association, 2002 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-170) and index |
| Subject |
Cultural fusion -- Sri Lanka
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Group identity -- Sri Lanka
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Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people) -- Ethnic identity
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Cultural fusion.
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Group identity.
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Multiculturele samenlevingen.
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Culturele identiteit.
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Sri Lanka.
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| Author |
Silva, Neluka
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| LC no. |
2004271624 |
| ISBN |
1842772023 |
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9781842772027 |
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1842772031 |
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9781842772034 |
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