Reading fictions of romance: Gender, sexuality, and nationalism in postcolonial India

Journal of Communication

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 832-851

  Parameswaran, Radhika ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; MEDIA ROLE; NATIONALISM; POST-COLONIALISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

INDIA;

EID: 0036960481     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/joc/52.4.832     Document Type: Article

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