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Identity, spatiality and postcolonial resistance: geographies of the tourism critique in Goa. / Saldanha, Arun.
In: Current Issues in Tourism, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2002, p. 94-111.

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Saldanha A. Identity, spatiality and postcolonial resistance: geographies of the tourism critique in Goa. Current Issues in Tourism. 2002;5(2):94-111. doi: 10.1080/13683500208667910

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