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© 2017 by Garrett Field
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Suggested citation: Field, Garrett. Modernizing Composition: Sinhala Song, Poetry, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Sri Lanka. Oakland: University of California Press, 2017. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.27
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Field, Garrett, author.
Title: Modernizing composition : Sinhala song, poetry, and politics in twentieth-century Sri Lanka / Garrett Field.
Other titles: South Asia across the disciplines.
Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] | Series: South Asia across the disciplines | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017004065| ISBN 9780520294714 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780520967755 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Songs, Sinhalese—Texts—20th century—History and criticism. | Sinhalese poetry—20th century—History and criticism. | Songs, Sinhalese—20th century—History and criticism. | Sri Lanka— Politics and government—20th century. | Sri Lanka—Foreign relations— India, North.
Classification: LCC PK2852 F54 2017 | DDC 891.4/817109—dc23
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