Showcasing India unshining: Film tourism in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire

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Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-479

  Mendes, Ana Cristina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arundhati Roy; Bollywood; Danny Boyle; film tourism; India; Mother India; Pather Panchali; Salman Rushdie; Satyajit Ray; Slumdog Millionaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954352917     PISSN: 09528822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09528822.2010.491379     Document Type: Review

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