Globalizing Bombay cinema: Reproducing the Indian state and family

Cultural Dynamics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-154

  Mehta, Monika ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cinema; Diaspora; Globalization; India; State

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; DIASPORA; GLOBALIZATION; MEDIA INDUSTRY; MEDIA ROLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 28144450999     PISSN: 09213740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0921374005058583     Document Type: Article

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