Reading postcolonial identity: The rhetoric of devolution from Sri Lanka's president, Chandrika kumaratunga

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-178

  Zompetti, Joseph P ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Ethnic conflict; Postcolonialism; Rhetoric; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937267980     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646179709361751     Document Type: Article

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