Postcolonial insecurities: India, Sri Lanka, and the question of nationhood/
Krishna, Sankaran
Postcolonial insecurities: India, Sri Lanka, and the question of nationhood/ Sankaran Krishna - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999. - xxxviii, 316 p. ; 24 cm.
pt. I. Narratives in Contention: Indian, Sinhalese, and Tamil Nationalisms --
1. Mimetic Histories: Foreign Policy and the Narration of India --
2. Producing Sri Lanka from Ceylon: J.R. Jayewardene and Sinhala Identity --
3. Essentially Tamil: The Divergent Narratives of Eelam and Dravidinadu --
pt. II. Delusions of Grandeur: India, Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka --
4. Modulating Bangladesh: India and Sri Lanka, 1980-84 --
5. Hegemony as Spectacle: The Theater of Postcolonial Politics --
6. Narratives in Contention: Interpreting the Agreement of July 1987 --
7. Postcolonial Aporias: Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Violence --
8. Decolonizing the Future in South Asia --
App. 1. List of Interviewees --
App. 2. Text of the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement of July 29, 1987.
9780816633296
Diplomatic relations
Politics and government
327.5405493 / KRI/P
Postcolonial insecurities: India, Sri Lanka, and the question of nationhood/ Sankaran Krishna - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999. - xxxviii, 316 p. ; 24 cm.
pt. I. Narratives in Contention: Indian, Sinhalese, and Tamil Nationalisms --
1. Mimetic Histories: Foreign Policy and the Narration of India --
2. Producing Sri Lanka from Ceylon: J.R. Jayewardene and Sinhala Identity --
3. Essentially Tamil: The Divergent Narratives of Eelam and Dravidinadu --
pt. II. Delusions of Grandeur: India, Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka --
4. Modulating Bangladesh: India and Sri Lanka, 1980-84 --
5. Hegemony as Spectacle: The Theater of Postcolonial Politics --
6. Narratives in Contention: Interpreting the Agreement of July 1987 --
7. Postcolonial Aporias: Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Violence --
8. Decolonizing the Future in South Asia --
App. 1. List of Interviewees --
App. 2. Text of the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement of July 29, 1987.
9780816633296
Diplomatic relations
Politics and government
327.5405493 / KRI/P