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Pop Culture: A Vehicle of State Nationalism in India

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Pop Culture: A Vehicle of State Nationalism in India. / Khandy, Idreas.
Nationalism & the Postcolonial. ed. / Sandra Dinter; Johanna Marquardt. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers/ Brill Academic, 2021. p. 111–130 (Cross/Cultures; Vol. 214).

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Khandy, I 2021, Pop Culture: A Vehicle of State Nationalism in India. in S Dinter & J Marquardt (eds), Nationalism & the Postcolonial. Cross/Cultures, vol. 214, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers/ Brill Academic, Leiden, pp. 111–130. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004464315_008

APA

Khandy, I. (2021). Pop Culture: A Vehicle of State Nationalism in India. In S. Dinter, & J. Marquardt (Eds.), Nationalism & the Postcolonial (pp. 111–130). (Cross/Cultures; Vol. 214). Martinus Nijhoff Publishers/ Brill Academic. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004464315_008

Vancouver

Khandy I. Pop Culture: A Vehicle of State Nationalism in India. In Dinter S, Marquardt J, editors, Nationalism & the Postcolonial. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers/ Brill Academic. 2021. p. 111–130. (Cross/Cultures). doi: 10.1163/9789004464315_008

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Khandy, Idreas. / Pop Culture : A Vehicle of State Nationalism in India. Nationalism & the Postcolonial. editor / Sandra Dinter ; Johanna Marquardt. Leiden : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers/ Brill Academic, 2021. pp. 111–130 (Cross/Cultures).

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