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Department of Sociology

Faculty of Arts - University of Peradeniya

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology


VARIETIES OF CASTE CONSCIOUSNESS. Edited with an Introduction by Kalinga Tudor Silva and Mark E Balmforth. In CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion, Vol 6: No. 1, April 2025

Jayantha Perera

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2026

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Pregnancy Cravings (Dola Duka) in Relation to Social Structure and Personality in a Sinhalese Village by Gananath Obeyesekere

R. M. Auchithya Rathnayake

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2026

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A Sociological Study on the Discrimination Experienced by Transgender Individuals When Accessing Public Health Services

Munasinghaghe Keshani Darsha

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2026

accessibility to services, body modification surgeries/sex reassignment surgeries, chest or breast reconstruction surgeries, discrimination, gender identity/expression, genital surgeries, hormone therapy, social stigma, transgender identity

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A Critical Discourse Analysis of Ethnographic Fictions on Sri Lankan Cricket with Reference to Nationalism and Neoliberalism

C. M. Arsakulasuriya and J. W. K. I. D. Jayasundara

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2026

chinaman, cricket, karunatilaka, mahanama, nationalism, neoliberalism

Department of Sociology

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Accents in Varieties of English: A Study of the Degree of Preference for and Intelligibility of Varieties of Spoken English among ESL undergraduates at the University of Kelaniya

Chamali Gamage

accent, intelligibility, pronunciation, varieties of english

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2026

Department of Sociology

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Temple Hierarchy, Conflicts among Temples over Power and the Emerging Faith in Deities of Disadvantaged Devotees

Nilusha Patabendi and S. Pathmanesan

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2026

buddhism, conflicts, power struggle, temple hierarchy

Department of Sociology

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The Significance of Posters and Political Culture: An Analysis of the Practices of Two Mainstream Political Parties

Md. Sweet Khan, Tamanna Sultana

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2026

Department of Sociology

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Resource allocation in healthcare: Perceptions of the General Public

Deepthi Edussuriya, Prasanna Liyanage, Damitha Gunawardhana, Navoda Wickramasinghe, Harshana Deraniyagala

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2026

demographic trends, equitable access, healthcare resource allocation, prioritization, public perceptions

Department of Sociology

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On Mundukondapola: Resurrecting the History of a Defunct Kingdom

Gananath Obeyesekere

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

classical texts, history, defunct kingdom, Mundukondapola

Department of Sociology

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The Postcolonial State, Power Politics and Indigenous Development as a Discourse of Power in Sri Lanka

Nalani M. Hennayake

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

postcolonial state, power politics, indigenous development,discourse of power

Department of Sociology

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Academic Dependency on Western Disciplinary Knowledge and Captive Mind among South Asian Sociologists: A Critique

Siri Gamage

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

academic dependency, western knowledge, South Asian sociologists, colonial period

Department of Sociology

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Sacred Sites, Humanitarian Assistance and the Politics of Land Grabbing in Eastern Sri Lanka: the Case of Deegavapi

Kalinga Tudor Silva & Shahul H. Hasbullah

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

sacred sites, humanitarian assistance, politics, land grabbing, Eastern Sri Lanka

Department of Sociology

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The Discourse of ‘Slum-Free’ City: A Critical Review of the Project of City Beautification in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Susantha Rasnayake

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

discourses, resettlement, city beautification, slum clearance, displacement, eviction

Department of Sociology

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A Brief Conceptual Analysis on Conflict Induced Internal Displacement, Return and Resettlement

Shantha Wanninayake

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

conflict induced, internal displacement, return, resettlement

Department of Sociology

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Negotiating the Sri Lankan Muslim Identity through Choice of Clothing: Emerging Trends and Tensions

M.I. Mohamed Thowfeek

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

Muslim, identity, Moor, Islam

Department of Sociology

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Neither Theirs nor Ours but Ours within Theirs – A versatile model of professional social work practice in Sri Lanka

Sarathchandra Gamlath

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2019

social work, contextual specific universal, local, community cultures, versatile practice

Department of Sociology

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Encountering negativity: From the Frankfurt School to the Ljubljana School of Psychoanalysis

Saman Pushpakumara

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

negativity, Frankfurt School, Ljubljana School, Hegelian dialectics, Marxism and Freudian Psychoanalysis

Department of Sociology

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Imagining National Identity in Everyday Discourse: Reflections on Political Cartoons in Sri Lanka between 2005 and 2006

Thamali N. Kithsiri and Nalani M. Hennayake

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

political cartoons; national identity; personification; satakaya

Department of Sociology

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Living with Multi-ethnic Neighbours: A Story of Everyday Strategies of Negotiating Politicised Ethnoreligious Identities in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Anton Piyarathne

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

multi-ethnic neighbourhood, commongrounds, everyday urban lives, politicised ethnoreligious identities, Sri Lanka, Colombo

Department of Sociology

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Place Nomenclature through the Historical-Geographical Method: From the City of Mahabali to a World Heritage City, Mahanuwara

Sunanda Premasiri

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

Historical-geographical method, Interdisciplinary Category, Comparison, Modern Context, Origin

Department of Sociology

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Modernization, ‘New aging’ and Successful Aging Experiences of Sinhalese Senior Citizens

Welgama, W.M.J

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

Successful aging, Elderly, Modernization, New aging, Sinhalese

Department of Sociology

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Hopping onto the bandwagon of tourism: why institutions matter to achieve economic growth through tourism

Poornika Kumari Seelagama

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

Tourism, Development, Institutions

Department of Sociology

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Hybridization and Creolization of the Culture of Indigenous People: A Study of the coastal Indigenous people in Vaharei, Batticaloa

A.M.A.S Gunasekara and H.L.S. De Zoysa

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

Indigenous people, Culture, Discrimination, Cultural hybridization, Cultural creolization, Identity

Department of Sociology

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Decolonization, Development and Disease: A Social History of Malaria in Sri Lanka (Book Review)

Dhammika Herath

Sri Lanka Journal of Sociology - 2022

Department of Sociology

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