Society and space
Subtitle: colonialism, nationalism, and postcolonial identity in Sri Lanka
By: Nihal Perera.
Series: Transitions--Asia and Asian America
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Space (Architecture) -- Social aspects -- Sri Lanka; Spatial systems; Postcolonialism -- Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka -- Social conditions
Description: Society and Space traces the historical construction of social space in Sri Lanka. Utilizing a world-systems perspective, landscape interpretation, and theories of colonial architecture and urbanism, Nihal Perera looks at colonized, decolonized, and postcolonial Sri Lanka through the lens of successive spatial transformations.

The author reveals the importance of construction, occupation, and the fashioning of territories, urban landscapes, and built forms, pointing out the interconnections and meanings of these spatial aspects as part of changing political, economic, and cultural systems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-213) and index.