The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity A Cultural Genealogy of Sinhala Nationalism

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Rambukwella, Harshana [auth]

Material type: Article

ArticleLanguage: English Publication details: UCL Press 2018Description: 1 electronic resource (176 p.)ISBN:

9781787351288

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Summary: What is the role of cultural authenticity in the making of nations? Much scholarly and popular commentary on nationalism dismisses authenticity as a romantic fantasy or, worse, a deliberately constructed mythology used for political manipulation. The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity places authenticity at the heart of Sinhala nationalism in late nineteenth and twentieth-century Sri Lanka. It argues that the passion for the ‘real’ or the ‘authentic’ has played a significant role in shaping nationalist thinking and argues for an empathetic yet critical engagement with the idea of authenticity.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Electronic edition	Bucheon University Library	History / Biographies of prominent people	OAPEN	94 T44	Not for loan	Смотреть (pdf)		1009650

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What is the role of cultural authenticity in the making of nations? Much scholarly and popular commentary on nationalism dismisses authenticity as a romantic fantasy or, worse, a deliberately constructed mythology used for political manipulation. The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity places authenticity at the heart of Sinhala nationalism in late nineteenth and twentieth-century Sri Lanka. It argues that the passion for the ‘real’ or the ‘authentic’ has played a significant role in shaping nationalist thinking and argues for an empathetic yet critical engagement with the idea of authenticity.

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