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

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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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306 RAM p

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London : UCL Press., 2018

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781787351288

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306

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text

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computer

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online resource

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Literary Collections, History

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Harshana Rambukwella

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Kholif Basri

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