| Title |
When cryptotype meets the imaginary: "adultery" in a Sri Lankan village / |
| Authors |
De Munck, Viktor Celestin |
| DOI |
10.33134/HUP-13-13 |
| ISBN |
9789523690547 |
| eISBN |
9789523690554 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Modern folk devils: contemporary constructions of evil / Martin Demant Frederiksen, Ida Harboe Knudsen (eds.).. Helsinki : Helsinki University Press, 2021. p. 245-262.. ISBN 9789523690547. eISBN 9789523690554 |
| Keywords [eng] |
cryptotype ; folk devil ; cultural gender norms ; Sri Lanka ; extended case study ; adultery |
| Abstract [eng] |
This chapter presents an empirical case of a young Sri Lankan woman who is ostracized from her local community for being an adulteress, despite no one in the community having any real proof of this being the case. The article engages with the preceding chapters of this volume in order to find comparative connections to both understand this case and to situate it in the contexts of the symbolic roles folk devils may play in a society. |
| Published |
Helsinki : Helsinki University Press, 2021 |
| Type |
Book part |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2021 |
| CC license |
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