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Postcolonial insecurities : India, Sri Lanka, and the question of nationhood

By: Krishna, SankaranMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Publication details: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, c1999Description: xxxviii, 316 pISBN: 0816633304 (pbk.); 9780816633302; 0816633290 ; 9780816633296Subject(s): Tamil (Indic people)DDC classification: 323.3

Contents:

pt. I. Narratives in Contention: Indian, Sinhalese, and Tamil Nationalisms -- 1. Mimetic Histories: Foreign Policy and the Narration of India -- 2. Producing Sri Lanka from Ceylon: J.R. Jayewardene and Sinhala Identity -- 3. Essentially Tamil: The Divergent Narratives of Eelam and Dravidinadu -- pt. II. Delusions of Grandeur: India, Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka -- 4. Modulating Bangladesh: India and Sri Lanka, 1980-84 -- 5. Hegemony as Spectacle: The Theater of Postcolonial Politics -- 6. Narratives in Contention: Interpreting the Agreement of July 1987 -- 7. Postcolonial Aporias: Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Violence -- 8. Decolonizing the Future in South Asia -- App. 1. List of Interviewees -- App. 2. Text of the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement of July 29, 1987.

Summary: This work explores the vexed connections among nation-building, ethnic identity and regional conflict by focusing on a specific event: Indian political and military intervention in the ethnic conflict between the Sinhalese and Tamils in Sri Lanka.

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Included Index.

pt. I. Narratives in Contention: Indian, Sinhalese, and Tamil Nationalisms --
1. Mimetic Histories: Foreign Policy and the Narration of India --
2. Producing Sri Lanka from Ceylon: J.R. Jayewardene and Sinhala Identity --
3. Essentially Tamil: The Divergent Narratives of Eelam and Dravidinadu --
pt. II. Delusions of Grandeur: India, Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka --
4. Modulating Bangladesh: India and Sri Lanka, 1980-84 --
5. Hegemony as Spectacle: The Theater of Postcolonial Politics --
6. Narratives in Contention: Interpreting the Agreement of July 1987 --
7. Postcolonial Aporias: Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Violence --
8. Decolonizing the Future in South Asia --
App. 1. List of Interviewees --
App. 2. Text of the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement of July 29, 1987.

This work explores the vexed connections among nation-building, ethnic identity and regional conflict by focusing on a specific event: Indian political and military intervention in the ethnic conflict between the Sinhalese and Tamils in Sri Lanka.

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