Sri Lanka

Abstract

1. Introduction Jonathan Spencer Part One: Colonialism, History, and Racism 2. The Generation of Communal Identities E.Nissan and R.L Stirrat 3. The People of the Lion: the Sinhala Identity and Ideology in History and Historiography R.A.L.H. Gunawardana 4. Historical Images in the British Period John D. Rogers 5. The Politics of the Tamil Past Dagmar Hellman-Rajanayagam Part Two 6. Nationalist Rhetoric and Local Practice: The Fate of the Village Community in Kukulewa James Brow 7. A Compound of Many Histories: The Many Pasts of an East Coast Tamil Community Mark Whitaker 8. Rural Awakenings: Grassroots Development and the Cultivation of a National Past in Rural Sri Lanka Michael D. Woost Part Three 9. J.R. Jayewardene: Righteousness and Realpolitik Steven Kemper 10. Newspaper Nationalism: Sinhala Identity as Historical Dicourse Serena Tennekoon 11. Afterword: Scared Places, Violent Spaces E. Valentine Daniel

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