Aspirational weddings: The bridal magazine and the canons of ‘decent marriage’

Patterns of Middle Class Consumption in India and China

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 230-262

  Uberoi, Patricia ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF DEVELOPING SOCIETIES   (India)

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DOI: 10.4135/9788178299976.n12     Document Type: Chapter

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