A postcolonial imagination? westerners searching for authenticity in India

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1299-1315

  Korpela, Mari ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Colonial imagination; Expatriate; India; Postcolonial

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL LEGACY; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL HISTORY; ETHNICITY; MUSIC; PERCEPTION; POST-COLONIALISM;

INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

EID: 77954987875     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691831003687725     Document Type: Article

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