'Who the hell do you think you are?' Promoting religious identity among young Hindus in Britain

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 535-558

  Raj, Dhooleka Sarhadi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Ethnicity; Fundamentalism; Hindu; Identity; Religion

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNICITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; RELIGION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034034533     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014198700328980     Document Type: Article

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