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The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity
Harshana Rambukwella
2018
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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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- Asian history
- authenticity
- Buddhism
- décolonisation
- Dharmapala
- History
- Humanities
- Literature & literary studies
- Nationalism
- Political Ideologies
- Politics & government
- Regional & national history
- Sinhala
- Society & Social Sciences
- Sri Lanka
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DOI: 10.14324/111.9781787351288Editions
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