(Pre)serving home: ‘Little india’ and the indian-singaporean

Critical Arts

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 67-90

  Devadas, Vijayandran ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84897184812     PISSN: 02560046     EISSN: 19926049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02560049685310141     Document Type: Article

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