Creating and inhabiting virtual places: Indian immigrants in cyberspace

National Identities

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-147

  Skop, Emily ^a   Adams, Paul C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication media; Identity; Indian immigrants; Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249120487     PISSN: 14608944     EISSN: 14699907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14608940902891161     Document Type: Article

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