The Smile of Mona Lisa: Postcolonial Desires, Nationalist Families, and the Birth of Consumer Television in India

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 388-406

  Zacharias, Usha ^a  

^a WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0347530305     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0739318032000142034     Document Type: Review

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