Nation -State, Development, and Community in a Rural Sinhala Setting

My approach is guided by the theoretical stance that, contrary to its vociferous claim to prove otherwise, the nation-state's project of social integration, totalization, and unification is carried through the denial of particularities and differences, because the nation-state's assertion of format equality and social unity has no factual basis. This doctoral dissertation is based on nine months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the village of Kandalama, located in Sri Lanka's Central Province.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Anthropology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Ariyaratne, A.N.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lehman, F.K.

• Sociology, Social Structure and Development

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9971014

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85330