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Writing Sri Lanka literature, resistance and the politics of place / Minoli Salgado.
| Author/creator | Salgado, Minoli |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, 2007. |
| Description | x, 217 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Postcolonial literatures Routledge research in postcolonial literatures ; 15 Postcolonial literatures. ^A1047704 Routledge research in postcolonial literatures ; 15. ^A511531 |
| Contents | Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1. Literature and Territoriality: Boundary Marking as a Critical Paradigm -- Part II -- 2. James Goonewardene: Allegorical Islands -- 3. Punyakante Wijenaike: Spectral Spaces -- 4. Jean Arasanayagam: Fugitive Selves -- 5. Carl Muller: Genealogical Maps -- Part III -- 6. A. Sivanandan and Shyam Selvadurai: Border Dialogues -- 7. Michael Ondaatje: Place as Palimpsest -- 8. Romesh Gunasekera: Past Paradise -- 9. Conclusion: Destinations -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
| Review | "Focusing on ways in which cultural nationalism has influenced both the production and critical reception of texts, Minoli Salgado offers a detailed analysis of eight leading Sri Lankan writers - Michael Ondaatje, Romesh Gunasekera, Shyam Selvadurai, A. Sivanandan, Jean Arasanayagam, Carl Muller, James Goonewardene and Punyakante Wijenaike - and challenges the theoretical, cultural and political assumptions that pit 'insider' against 'outsider', 'resident' against 'migrant', and the 'authentic' against the 'alien'. By interrogating the discourses of territoriality and boundary marking that have come into prominence since the start of the civil war, Salgado works to define a more nuanced and sensitive critical framework that actively reclaims marginalised voices, and draws on recent studies in migration and the diaspora to reconfigure the Sri Lankan critical terrain."--Jacket. |
| General note | Errata sheet enclosed. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006023103 |
| ISBN | 9780415364188 (hardbook) |
| ISBN | 0415364183 (hardbook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |