 | Abiding by Sri Lanka: On Peace, Place, and Postcolonality Subjects: Sri Lanka -- Ethnic relations; Ethnology -- Sri Lanka -- Philosophy; Political violence -- Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka -- Social conditions; Sri Lanka -- Politics and government -- 1978–; Abiding by Sri Lanka examines how the disciplines of anthropology, history, and literature treat the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict. With close readings of texts that OC abideOCO by Sri Lanka, texts that have a commitment to it, Ismail demonstrates that the problems in Sri Lanka raise fundamental concerns for us all regarding the relationship between democracies and minorities." |
