Recipe for assimilation: national integration, the ethnic other and the evolution of Kandyan consciousness in Sri Lanka

The Kandyan Sinhalese of Sri Lanka (previously Ceylon) occupy the central highlands of the island, and are believed to have a disposition that is ‘culturally’ different from that of their counterparts in the lowlands. This difference, real or perceived, was most strongly emphasized during the coloni...

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Main Author: Hasini Lecamwasam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2017-05-01
Series:The South Asianist
Online Access:http://www.southasianist.ed.ac.uk/article/view/1380