Unmaking the Nation: The Politics of Identity and History in Modern Sri Lanka (1995 | 2009).
Pradeep Jeganathan & Qadri Ismail (eds.)
Now in a 2nd Edition, with a new preface, and a comprehensive index.
"Stimulating... Excellent..." -- Journal of Asian Studies.
"Will be of great value to all those concerned with... nationalism [and] violence..." -- Arjun Appadurai.
"...[F]orces us to think about Sri Lankan symbolic and social formations in an entirely novel fashion." -- Gananath Obeyesekere
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South Paw
Mon, May 4, 2009 Dr. Pradeep Jeganathan talks to the PACT team about why it is important to pay particular attention to Sri Lanka’s colonial past when looking at roots of conflict in Sri Lanka.
