Once upon a time in the West? Stories of migration and modernity from Kerala, South India

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 569-588

  Osella, Caroline ^a   Osella, Filippo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33747067913     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2006.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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