Inscribing the victor's land: nationalistic authorship in Sri Lanka's post-war Northeast. Issue 5 (2nd September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Seoighe, Rachel
• Is Part Of: Conflict, security & development. Volume 16:Issue 5(2016)
• Page Start: 443
• Page End: 471
• Publication Date: 2016-09-02
• Subjects: Sri Lanka -- space -- nationalism -- post-conflict -- anti-minority violence; Security, International -- Periodicals; Pacific settlement of international disputes -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Periodicals; World politics -- 1989- -- Periodicals; 322.5
• DOI: 10.1080/14678802.2016.1219507
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1467-8802

Abstract

Abstract: This article examines the nationalistic authorship of space in Sri Lanka's post-conflict Northeast as part of the state's nation-building strategy and as a continuation of a post-colonial process of Sinhala-Buddhist nationalistic revival. Exploring issues of historiography, conflict resolution, physical vehicles of ideology and collective memory, the article demonstrates how land policies, development and the tourism industry in a post-conflict context can go hand-in-hand with dispossession, militarisation and the humiliation of a 'defeated' minority community.