The Routledge Companion to Sinhala Fiction from Post-War Sri Lanka
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The Routledge Companion to Sinhala Fiction from Post-War Sri Lanka

Resistance and Reconfiguration

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The Routledge Companion to Sinhala Fiction from Post-War Sri Lanka

Resistance and Reconfiguration

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This companion presents a critical collection of Sinhala resistance literature from Sri Lanka. It includes translated short stories and excerpts from Sinhala novels, written after the civil war in the country. Featuring national award-winning writers, the selected texts share a common theme of resistance as the writers write against an exclusivist nationalism that was propagated through mass media and platforms of party politics in Sri Lanka during the war.

The volume addresses crucial issues such as the fate of civilians in war, the role of religion in Sri Lankan polity, media censorship, the experience of women in war, as well as the current education system and youth problems in present day Sri Lanka. It highlights an alternate discourse that runs among the ethnic Sinhala group and contributes to the overall movement towards peace and reconciliation among the different ethnic communities in Sri Lanka.

A unique addition to the growing oeuvre of translated Sinhala literature, the companion will be indispensable to students, scholars, and researchers of ethnic studies, war and peace studies, peace and conflict studies, literature, cultural studies, political sociology, and South Asian studies, particularly those interested in Sri Lankan literature.

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Publisher
Routledge India
Year
2022
ISBN
9781000685442
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Collections
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Biographical Notes: Original Writers in Sinhala
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Foreword
  10. Introduction: Writing and Resistance
  11. Part I Tamil Identity, Ethnic Politics, and Violence
  12. Part II Environment, Land, and Ethnic Competition
  13. Part III Sinhala and Muslim Identity Politics
  14. Part IV Women in Conflict
  15. Part V Economy, Class, and Violence
  16. Part VI Religion, Faith, and Politics
  17. Part VII Media and Censorship
  18. Part VIII Militarization of Society
  19. Part IX Corruption as an Everyday Event
  20. Part X Alienation in Societies with Conflict
  21. Index