The Taj Mahal in the high street: The Indian restaurant as diasporic popular culture in Britain

Food, Culture and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-190

  Highmore, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authenticity; British Indian Food; Popular culture; Social history

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349137552     PISSN: 15528014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175174409X400729     Document Type: Article

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