The land of 'gender paradox'? Getting past the commonsense of contemporary Kerala

Inter-Asia Cultural Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-54

  Sreekumar, Sharmila ^a  

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Author keywords

AIDS; Dystopia; Gender paradox; Kerala model of development; Sexual violence; Tourism; Utopia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847767000     PISSN: 14649373     EISSN: 14698447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649370601118966     Document Type: Article

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