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Post colonial insecurities: India, Sri Lanka, and the question of nationhood/ Sankaran Krishna

By: Krishna, SankaranMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999Description: xxxviii, 316 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780816633296Subject(s): Tamil (Indic people) -- Politics and government | Diplomatic relations | Politics and governmentDDC classification: 327.5405493

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	327.5405493 KRI/P (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	21/10/2021	P03423

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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.

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