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WOMEN
& THE NATION’S NARRATIVE:
GENDER AND NATIONALISM IN TWENTIETH CENTURY
SRI LANKA
Neloufer de Mel
Rs 250 Hb 2001
81-86706-41-0
(All rights available.) |
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This
book explores the development of nationalism in
Sri Lanka during the past century, particularly
within the dominant Sinhala Buddhist and militant
Tamil movements. Tracing the ways women from diverse
backgrounds have engaged with nationalism, Neloufer
de Mel argues that gender is crucial to an understanding
of nationalism and vice versa. |
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NELOUFER
DE MEL
is a
senior lecturer in the Department of English, University
of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and a member of the visiting
faculty in the Women's Studies programme at the
same university. She was a founder editor of Options,
a magazine on Sri Lankan women's issues. Her teaching
and research range from culture studies and theatre
arts to gender, politics and nationalism. |
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