Labour, Feminism & Ethnicity in Sri Lanka

'Labour, Feminism & Ethnicity in Sri Lanka' presents selected essays by leading academic and feminist figure Kumari Jayawardena. The book unites diverse topics as 'Striking Printers' and 'Pioneer Rebels among the Colombo working class'; remembers activists like Hedi Keunemann and Vivienne Goonewardena; explores the effects of Sinhala Buddhism on 'the daughters of the soil', talks of the 'White Woman's other burden'; the problem of condemning Violence against Women, and examines the implications of the National Question on Left Movement. A meticulously assembled text that will remain essential reading for anyone interested in the structuring of Sri Lanka.