Holt / Kirk / Starn The Sri Lanka Reader

History, Culture, Politics
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9405-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 816 Seiten

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Fifty-four images and more than ninety classic and contemporary texts introduce Sri Lankas recorded history of more than two and a half millennia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holt, John Clifford

Kirk, Robin

Starn, Orin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction 1

I. From Ancient to Early Modern 9

II. The Colonial Encounter 133

Sri Lanka: National Identity and the Impact of Colonialism / K. M. da Silva 135

The Portuguese: An Introduction / Jorge Flores 152

The Dutch: An Introduction 189

The British: An Introduction 230

Kandyan Culture in the Colonial Era: An Introduction 295

Colonial Postscript: The Other Eden / Richard de Zoysa 328

III. Emerging Identities 331

Buddhist Identities: An Introduction 334

Muslim Identities: An Introduction 409

Tamil Identities: An Introduction 458

Christians and Burghers: An Introduction 559

Emergent Perspectives in Modern Art: the '43 Group—Formation of a Sri Lankan Avant-Garde / Larry D. Lutchmansingh 574

IV. Independence, Insurrections, and Social Change 589

V. Political Epilogue 713

Acknowledgment of Copyrights and Sources 735

Suggestions for Further Reading 745

Index 753

Über Autor(innen)

John Clifford Holt is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of the Humanities in Religion and Asian Studies at Bowdoin College. He has written many books, including Spirits of the Place: Buddhism and Lao Religious Culture, The Buddhist Visnu: Religious Transformation, Politics and Culture, and The Religious World of Kirti Sri: Buddhism, Art and Politics in Late Medieval Sri Lanka. He has also been awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka.