| Blowback: Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka Contributor(s): Devotta, Neil (Author) |
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ISBN: 080474923X ISBN-13: 9780804749237 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: "DeVotta's detailed historical approach makes the book a fine case study for social scientists in general and for anyone with a serious interest in ethnic conflict in South Asia."--Journal of Asian Studies" "The resounding strength of DeVotta's book is that it provides a truly nuanced understanding of the productive ideological linking of language to collective notions of peoplehood within the postcolonial state. His book richly illustrates the ways that language ideologies are created, linked to competing versions of national identity, and intimately embedded in institutionalized positions of power."--Journal of Anthropological Research" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Asian - History | Asia - India & South Asia |
| Dewey: 323.154 |
| LCCN: 2003027044 |
| Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.02" W x 9.3" (1.15 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book analyzes the way ethnic outbidding, initiated by Sinhalese linguistic nationalists in the mid-1950s, led to the unfair treatment of Sri Lanka's minorities and to institutional decay, which in turn mobilized the Tamils to seek a separate state. The author's explanation, based on hitherto overlooked primary research, utilizes a historical institutionalist perspective and encompasses primordialist, constructivist, and instrumentalist explanations to explain Sri Lanka's civil war. |