Ishanthi Dissanayake

Ishanthi Dissanayake

First Name: 
Ishanthi
Last Name: 
Dissanayake
Title: 
PhD Candidate
Biography : 

My research interests focus on the intersection between gender, nationalism and capitalism in postcolonial South Asia. Currently, I am working on exploring how nationalist discourses in South Asian countries work to construct female sexuality both as an 'abjection' that harms the sanctity of the heterosexual family and a useful mechanism of conveying national identity.

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Areas of Interest: 
  • Postcolonial Literatures and Feminist Literary Theory

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Ishanthi Dissanayake PhD Candidate