Blowback: Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka (Contempory Issues in Asia and the Pacific) - Softcover

Devotta, Neil

 
9780804749244: Blowback: Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka (Contempory Issues in Asia and the Pacific)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0804749248 ISBN 13: 9780804749244
Verlag: STANFORD UNIV PR, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

In the mid-1950s, Sri Lanka's majority Sinhalese politicians began outbidding one another on who could provide the greatest advantages for their community, using the Sinhala language as their instrument. The appeal to Sinhalese linguistic nationalism precipitated a situation in which the movement to replace English as the country's official language with Sinhala and Tamil (the language of Sri Lanka's principal minority) was abandoned and Sinhala alone became the official language in 1956. The Tamils' subsequent protests led to anti-Tamil riots and institutional decay, which meant that supposedly representative agencies of government catered to Sinhalese preferences and blatantly disregarded minority interests. This in turn led to the Tamils' mobilizing, first politically then militarily, and by the mid-1970s Tamil youth were bent on creating a separate state.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Neil DeVotta is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hartwick College, New York.


Neil DeVotta is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hartwick College, New York.

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"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

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In the mid-1950s, Sri Lanka s majority Sinhalese politicians began outbidding one another on who could provide the greatest advantages for their community, using the Sinhala language as their instrument. The appeal to Sinhalese linguistic nationalism precipitated a situation in which the movement to replace English as the country s official language with Sinhala and Tamil (the language of Sri Lanka s principal minority) was abandoned and Sinhala alone became the official language in 1956. The Tamils subsequent protests led to anti-Tamil riots and institutional decay, which meant that supposedly representative agencies of government catered to Sinhalese preferences and blatantly disregarded minority interests. This in turn led to the Tamils mobilizing, first politically then militarily, and by the mid-1970s Tamil youth were bent on creating a separate state.

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Verlag
STANFORD UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0804749248
ISBN 13 
9780804749244
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
298
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

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Breda
4831 GR
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