"In the past, we ate from one plate": Memory and the border in Leh, Ladakh

Political Geography

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-59

  Smith, Sara H ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Borders; India; Intimacy; Ladakh; Memory; Religion

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC MINORITY; GEOPOLITICS; MARRIAGE; MEMORY; NATIONAL IDENTITY; POLITICAL BORDER; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; RELIGION;

INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; LADAKH;

EID: 84882918700     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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