Legends of people, myths of state : violence, intolerance, and political culture in Sri Lanka and Australia /: violence, intolerance, and political culture in Sri Lanka and Australia. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bruce Kapferer.
• Authors: Kapferer, Bruce
• Contents: Preface to the New and Revised Edition; Preface to the Paperback Reissue Introduction Chapter 1. Cultures of Nationalism: Political Cosmology and the Passions Part I: Evil and the State: Sinhalese Naitonalism, Violence, and the Power of Hierarchy Chapter 2. Ethnic Violence and the Force of History in Legend; Chapter 3. Evil, Power, and the State; Chapter 4. Ideological Practice, Ethnic Nationalism, and the Passions Part II: People Against the State: Australian Nationalism and Egalitarian Individualism Chapter 5. When the World Crumbles and the Heavens Fall In: War, Death, and the Creation of Nation; Chapter 6. But the Band Played "Waltzing Maltilda": National Ceremonial and the Anatomy of Egalitarianism; Chapter 7. Ethnicity and Intolerance: Egalitarian Nationalism and Its Political Practice; Chapter 8. Nationalism, Tradition, and Political Culture Notes; References
• Edition: Revised and updated edition
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (446 pages)
• Subjects: 320.54095493; Nationalism -- Case studies; State, The -- Case studies; Ethnic relations -- Case studies; Political culture -- Sri Lanka; Political culture -- Australia
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857455178; 0857455176
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.