Global queens, national celebrities: Tales of feminine triumph in post-liberalization India

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 346-370

  Parameswaran, Radhika ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 9744232122     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0739318042000245363     Document Type: Article

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