Language: EnglishPages: 304About the Book This book explore thedevelopment of nationalism in Sri Lanka during the past century. particularly with in the dominant Sinhala Buddhist andmilitant Tamil Movements. Tracing the ways women from diverse background haveengaged with nationalism. Neloufer de Mel argues thatgender is crucial to an understanding of nationalism and vice versa. Traversingboth the colonial and postcolonial period in Sri Lankas history, the authorassesses a range of writers, activists, political figures and movements. Withher rigorous, historically located analyses, de melmakes a persuasive dace for the connection between figures like stage actressAnnie Boteju and intellectual Anil de Silva; poetry writtenby Jean Arasanayagam Tamil revolutionary women; andpolitical movements like the LTTE, the JVP, the Mothers Front, andcontemporary feminist organisation. Evaluating the colonial period in the lightof the violence that animates Sri Lanka today , de Mel proposes what BruceRobbins has termed a lateral cosmopolitanism that will allow coalitions toform and to practice an oppositional politics of peace. In the process, sheexamines the gendered forms through which the nation and the state both come togetherand pull apart. About the Author Neloufer De Mel isa senior lecturer in the department of English, University of Colombo, SriLanka, and a member of the visiting faculty in the womens programme at thesame university. She was the fou

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