How to read a bomb: Scenes from Bombay's black friday

Public Culture

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 567-592

  Rao, Vyjayanthi ^a  

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EID: 36448995483     PISSN: 08992363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/08992363-2007-009     Document Type: Article

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