Cosmopolitanism, remediation, and the Ghost World of Bollywood

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-72

  Novak, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bollywood; Circulation; Globalization; Media studies; Music; Remediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049125306     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2009.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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