Indian clubs and colonialism: Hindu masculinity and muscular christianity

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 497-534

  Alter, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL LEGACY; COLONIALISM; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; NATIONALISM;

EID: 4344591250     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0010417504000258     Document Type: Article

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