Malabar Secrets: South Indian Muslim Men's (Homo)sociality across the Indian Ocean

Asian Studies Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 531-549

  Osella, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

homosociality; India; Indian Ocean; Islamic reform; masculinity; migration; same sex intimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871175678     PISSN: 10357823     EISSN: 14678403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10357823.2012.739996     Document Type: Article

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