Author: Silva, Neluka; editor:
Title: The Hybrid Island : Culture Crossings and the Invention of Identity in Sri Lanka
Description: Colombo / London, Social Scientists' Assoc. (2002). orig. boards. (13), 177 pp, 23x14cm,. Textual photo illustrations. A small chip from top front exterior hinge. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contains 8 papers. Includes: G. Obeyesekere "Where Have All the Väddas Gone? Buddhism & Aboriginality in Sri Lanka"; A. Guneratne "What's In a Name? Aryans & Dravidians in the Making of Sri Lankan Identities"; D. Rajasingham-Senanayaka "Identity on the Borderline: Modernity, New Ethnicities, & the Unmaking of Multiculturalism in Sri Lanka"; N. Wickramasinghe "From Hybridity to Authenticity: the Biography of a Few Kandyan Things"; Y. Foster "The Performance of Hybridity in the Visual Culture of the No Order Group of Sri Lanka"; N. Silva "Situating the Hybrid 'Other' in an Era of Conflict: Representations of the Burgher in Contemporary Writings in English"; V. Singh "Kiribath: A Search for Good Luck & Common Ground"; S. Sheeran "Baila Music: European Modernity, & Afro-Iberian Popular Music in Sri Lanka".

Keywords: Sri Lanka, Historical, Ethnography, Ethnicity, Ethnic History, Social Sociology, Anthropology, Sri Lanka, Hybridity