Queer blogging in Indian digital diasporas: A dialogic encounter

Journal of Communication Inquiry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 400-423

  Mitra, Rahul ^a   Gajjala, Radhika ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay Indian movement; GLBT; Queer blogs; Queer new media

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049146923     PISSN: 01968599     EISSN: 15524612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0196859908321003     Document Type: Article

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