Another world of experience? Transnational contexts and the experiences of South Asian Americans

South Asian Diaspora

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-99

  Purkayastha, Bandana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Gendered racialisation; Global security blocs; Hinduism; Islam; Selling cultures; South Asian American; Transnational context; Webbased social space

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952893887     PISSN: 19438192     EISSN: 19438184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19438190902719666     Document Type: Article

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