Caught between the goddess and the cyborg: Third-world women and the politics of science in three works of indian science fiction

Journal of Commonwealth Literature

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 119-138

  Mathur, Suchitra ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

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EID: 60950202250     PISSN: 00219894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021989404047050     Document Type: Article

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