Historical Power Imbalances and the Branding of Vannam Dances as Sinhalese Cultural Heritage
Vannam is a genre of music and dance associated with the Sinhalese ethnicity of Sri Lanka. This article takes the historical development of vannam as a lens to focus on inter-ethnic cultural politics in Sri Lanka and its postcolonial contexts, offering nuance to widespread ideas about cultural heri...
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Muzikološki Zbornik |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/MuzikoloskiZbornik/article/view/19619 |
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| Summary: | Vannam is a genre of music and dance associated with the Sinhalese ethnicity of Sri Lanka. This article takes the historical development of vannam as a lens to focus on inter-ethnic cultural politics in Sri Lanka and its postcolonial contexts, offering nuance to widespread ideas about cultural heritage and decoloniality.
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| ISSN: | 0580-373X 2350-4242 |