The Moral Mother Syndrome
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12317830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Malathi De Alwis (New School University, New York, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-73 |
| Publication date | 2004-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Indian Journal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0971-5215 • E-ISSN: 0973-0672 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/097152150401100105 |
| OpenAlex | W2159352649 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper briefly explores a crucial component of Sinhala nationalism that is articu lated through the reiteration of a moral and maternalised historical role model, namely, the legendary queen Vihara Maha Devi, within particular cultural and political spaces in Sri Lanka. Describing this phenomenon as the 'Moral Mother Syndrome', the author extends its original delineation by Micaela di Leonardo—as providing the framework for an ideology that primarily 'speaks for peace'—to one that speaks for peace through a call to violence that is nevertheless formulated as being moral and just due to it being prentised upon an argument about the vulner ability and victimisation of the majority community, the Sinhalese
Argument (complex analysis · Criminology · Epistemology · Ethnology · Ideology · Nationalism · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Sociology · South asia · Sri lanka · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.57 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |