Between global flows and local dams: Indigenousness, locality, and the transnational sphere in Jharkhand, India

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 501-534

  Ghosh, Kaushik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Governmentality; India; Indigeneity; Koel Karo; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749545204     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2006.21.4.501     Document Type: Article

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