Inscribing subjects to citizenship: Petitions, literacy activism, and the performativity of signature

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 347-380

  Cody, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Governmentality; India; Literacy; Performativity; Postcoloniality; Signature

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049103384     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2009.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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