Nimmi N. Menike

Writing Violence and Buddhism in Sri Lanka (eBook, ePUB)

Of Hungry Ghosts and Homecomings

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the idea of violence in the context of religion and literature. It addresses the question of freedom, compassion, emancipation, love, ethics responsibility, and peace in the Buddhist nationalist discourse in Sri Lanka, against the backdrop of Shyam Selvadurai's novel, The Hungry Ghosts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000570328
• Artikelnr.: 63769958

Autorenporträt

Nimmi N. Menike is Senior Lecturer, Department of Language Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka. She was Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India for two years, and completed her PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research informs language and literature in addressing violence in the context of constructing identities. She also volunteers at Daham Pahana, a charitable trust in Sri Lanka.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Promise to Remember 2. Violence: Love and Hospitality 3. Love that B(l)inds 4. Future (Free) from Hate