| Description |
1 online resource (205 pages) |
| Series |
Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines ; v. 12 |
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Postcolonialism across the disciplines.
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| Contents |
List of Map and Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Sacred Modernity: Nature, Religion, and the Politics of Aesthetics; Part I: Ruhuna (Yala) National Park; 2 Landscape, Nature, Nationhood: A Historical Geography of Ruhuna(Yala) National Park; 3 Inscription and Experience: The Politics and Aesthetics of Nature Tourism; 4 Political Geographies: Promoting, Contesting, and Purifying Nature; Part II: Tropical Modern Architecture; 5 Built Space, Environment, Modernism: (Re)reading 'TropicalModern' Architecture; 6 Architecting One-ness: Fluid Spaces/Sacred Modernity |
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7 Over-determinations: Architecture, Text, PoliticsConclusion: Sri Lankan Nature as Problem Space; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book explores the relationships between nature and environment and the contested politics of nationhood in contemporary Sri Lanka |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nationalism -- Sri Lanka
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Nature and civilization -- Sri Lanka
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Nature -- Social aspects -- Sri Lanka
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
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Nationalism
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Nature and civilization
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Nature -- Social aspects
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Nationalbewusstsein
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Natur
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Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781846319976 |
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1846319978 |
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9781846318863 |
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1846318866 |
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9781781388303 |
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178138830X |
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