Marvellous me: The beauty industry and the construction of the 'Modern' Indian woman

Images of The 'Modern Woman' in Asia: Global Media, Local Meanings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 78-93

  Munshi, Shoma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85073852057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203037171-12     Document Type: Chapter

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