A suitable romance? trajectories of courtship in Indian popular fiction

Images of The 'Modern Woman' in Asia: Global Media, Local Meanings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 169-187

  Uberoi, Patricia ^a  

^a Institute of Economic Growth   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 10844286845     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203037171-16     Document Type: Chapter

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