Displaced persons: Symbols of South Asian femininity and the returned gaze in U.S. media culture

Communication Theory

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 201-217

  Durham, Meenakshi Gigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0035588003     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2001.tb00239.x     Document Type: Article

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