The Desired ‘One’: Thinking the Woman in the Nation

History Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1483-1499

  Das, Anirban ^a   Sen Chaudhuri, Ritu ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

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EID: 85181199087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14780542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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