Nalin Jayasena
Biographic Data
| ID | 6736659 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nalin Jayasena |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nalin |
| FAMILY NAME | Jayasena |
| SIGNATURE | JAYASENA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Miami University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Like making love to God”
Both in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in Sri Lanka, filmmakers have increasingly come under the threat of violence for putatively-partisan depictions of the recently concluded armed conflict in Sri Lanka. In this paper, I suggest that Sri Lankan cinema has become a discursive battleground between nationalist elements both in India and in Sri Lanka. I will discuss how Vimukthi Jayasundara's The Forsaken Land (2005) makes a crucial inter…
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Like making love to God”
Both in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in Sri Lanka, filmmakers have increasingly come under the threat of violence for putatively-partisan depictions of the recently concluded armed conflict in Sri Lanka. In this paper, I suggest that Sri Lankan cinema has become a discursive battleground between nationalist elements both in India and in Sri Lanka. I will discuss how Vimukthi Jayasundara's The Forsaken Land (2005) makes a crucial inter…
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