Ravana's Kingdom

Ravana's Kingdom

The Ramayana and Sri Lankan History from Below

Henry, Justin W.

Oxford University Press Inc

12/2022

296

Dura

Inglês

9780197636305

15 a 20 dias

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Chapter 1: Echoes of the Past, Pressures of the Present

1.1. "We belong to the Yaksha clan!"
1.2. Ravana's Kingdom and 21st Century Populism
1.3. The Pali Chronicle Tradition and History from Below
1.4. Chapter Summaries

Chapter 2: Moving Mount Kailasa

2.1. Ravana the Subaltern Cosmopolitan
2.2. Ravana's Lanka in Indian Literature
2.3. Ravana and Rama in Tamil Temple Literature
2.4. Ravana's Lankan Image

Chapter 3: The Many Ramayanas of Lanka

3.1. The Presence and the Absence of the Ramayana
3.2. The Ramayana in Sinhala Literature and Folklore
3.3. Ravana's Mountain Abode
3.4. The Survival of Ravana's Kingdom in Popular Imagination

Chapter 4: Ravana in Modern Sri Lankan Literature

4.1. The Ramayana and the Sinhala Neoclassical Movement
4.2. Ravana on Stage and Screen
4.3. Ravana's Liminal Status in History and Historical Fiction
4.4. Ravana's Lanka as Lost Paradise
4.5. Conclusion

Chapter 5: Terraforming the Past

5.1. The Quest for Hela-Yakkha Civilization
5.2. The Ramayana Trail
5.3. Dasanana Ravana: A Master of Science and Medicine
5.4. Ravana and Global Alternative Media
5.5. Conclusion: "Our Hela World"

Chapter 6: A Bridge Too Close

6.1. Crossing the Ram Setu
6.2. Mainstreaming Ravana's Kingdom
6.3. Ravana and Post-War Reconciliation
6.4. The Apotheosis of the Demon-King

Appendix: Text and Translation of the Ravana Kata

Bibliography
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