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Book review: Sandya Hewamanne, Restitching Identities in Rural Sri Lanka: Gender, Neoliberalism, and the Politics of Contentment

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  • Kanchana N. Ruwanpura

    (Professor, Human Geography, Institute of Human Geography, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden)

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Sandya Hewamanne, Restitching Identities in Rural Sri Lanka: Gender, Neoliberalism, and the Politics of Contentment (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020), 224 pp. $55, £44, ISBN 978-0-812-25240-8 (Hardback)

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  • Kanchana N. Ruwanpura, 2023. "Book review: Sandya Hewamanne, Restitching Identities in Rural Sri Lanka: Gender, Neoliberalism, and the Politics of Contentment," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 23(1), pages 106-108, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:prodev:v:23:y:2023:i:1:p:106-108
    DOI: 10.1177/14649934211028442
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