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War, politics, and rituals: An analysis of the victory commemoration in Sri Lanka.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	War, politics, and rituals: An analysis of the victory commemoration in Sri Lanka./
Author:	Dharmasinghe, Geethika.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2015,
Description:	122 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 55-03.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International55-03(E).
Subject:	Asian studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10000373
ISBN:	9781339408651

War, politics, and rituals: An analysis of the victory commemoration in Sri Lanka.
Dharmasinghe, Geethika.

War, politics, and rituals: An analysis of the victory commemoration in Sri Lanka. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2015 - 122 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 55-03.

Thesis (M.A.)--Northern Arizona University, 2015.

This thesis discusses war commemoration as a state ritual producing social reflections crucial to understanding the reproduction of Sinhala Buddhist ideology in post-war Sri Lanka. On May 18, 2009, the Sri Lankan government declared victory in the three-decade-long war by militarily destroying the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE), who were fighting for an independent state. With the end of the war the government celebrated victory, giving prominence to the military. By analyzing the "Jayagrahanaye 5 vana Abimanavath Samaruma" [The Glorious Fifth Victory Celebration] war commemoration that took place on May 18, 2014, I developed two arguments. So, first, I argue that the fifth War Victory Commemoration is an indicator of a failure of nation state formation in Sri Lanka, where majority politics are practiced in the name of democracy. Second, I argue that this state ritual not only commemorates war heroes, but also selectively reimagines the Sinhala Buddhist past. I suggest that by putting forward these myths to construct the Sinhala Buddhist past, the current regime presents itself as the custodians and representatives of a timeless Sinhala Buddhist valor. Examining the narratives that were presented in the 2014 war commemoration, I further argue that the exclusive Sinhala Buddhist ideology is penetrating into Sri Lankan people's lives, despite the war being over. However, the reception of such ideological assertions is not without ambiguities and contestation because people change over time.

ISBN: 9781339408651Subjects--Topical Terms:

1571829
Asian studies.

War, politics, and rituals: An analysis of the victory commemoration in Sri Lanka.
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