Susan A. Reed's Dance and the Nation is an anthropological study, built on extended fieldwork in Sri Lanka, of Kandyan dance, its roots in the Kohomba Kankariya village healing ritual, and its adoption after independence as a state symbol of Sinhala national culture.
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Susan A. Reed's Dance and the Nation is a peer reviewed anthropological study, built on extended fieldwork in Sri Lanka, of Kandyan dance and its role in nation building, treated at the top tier. NotesPeer-reviewed anthropological monograph based on decades of fieldwork among Kandyan dancers and drummers; the standard scholarly account of the dance form's ritual origin and its twentieth century nationalization.
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AuthorSusan A. Reed
PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press
Publication Year2010
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Sri Lanka directly: "study, built on extended fieldwork in Sri Lanka, of Kandyan dance, its roots in the Kohomba Kankariya village healing ritual, and its adoption after independence as a state symbol of Sinhala..."
Source Dance and the Nation: Performance, Ritual, and Politics in Sri LankaSusan A. Reed
Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)
This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 2 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sacred Dances, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
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