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memorialises her father in his life crossing t river into which she is scattering his ashes

lush photography by Sebastian Posingis and insightful texts by David Robson are accompanied by contextual shots

Assembling Ethnicities in Neoliberal Times: Ethnographic Fictions and Sri Lanka’s War by Nimanthi Perera-Rajasingham documentary unflinching honestyAssembling Ethnicities in Neoliberal Times interprets contemporary fiction to unpack neoliberalism's entanglements with nationalism and racism during Sri Lanka's war. Perera Rajasingham does so by theorizing ethnographic fiction, a form that has both internalized certain colonial Orientalist impulses and critically engages with categories of objective gazing, empiricism, and temporal distancing. The book explores colonial era travel writing by Robert