Subaltern Bodies and Nationalist Physiques: Gama the Great and the Heroics of Indian Wrestling

Body & Society

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 45-72

  Alter, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 84937328642     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X00006002003     Document Type: Article

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