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The strength of [Politics and Poetics of Authenticity] lies squarely in the rereading of history through the lens of authenticity and the self-fashioning process of protagonists. Authenticity is not a disinterested discursive trope; it shapes people's careers, and also helps shape history as an agential force --The Island To a long list of works that engage with Sinhala nationalism, Dr. Harshana Rambukwella's The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity: A Cultural Genealogy of Sinhala Nationalism is an important addition --Daily FT

The strength of [Politics and Poetics of Authenticity] lies squarely in the rereading of history through the lens of authenticity and the self-fashioning process of protagonists. Authenticity is not a disinterested discursive trope; it shapes people's careers, and also helps shape history as an agential force -- The Island To a long list of works that engage with Sinhala nationalism, Dr. Harshana Rambukwella's The Politics and Poetics of Authenticity: A Cultural Genealogy of Sinhala Nationalism is an important addition -- Daily FT

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Harshana Rambukwella is Director, Postgraduate Institute of English, Open University of Sri Lanka. He received his PhD from the University of Hong Kong, where he is Honorary Assistant Professor at the School of English. Harshana’s research interests are in literary history, postcolonial theory and sociolinguistics. He is a trustee of the Gratiaen Trust of Sri Lanka and has served on a number of Sinhala and English literary panels in the country.

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