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Appadurai, Arjun·2006·Public Culture

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Authors: Appadurai, A.
Corresponding author: Appadurai, Arjun
ORCID: Appadurai, Arjun
Venue: Public Culture
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2006-01-01
Volume: 18
Issue: 1
Pages: 15-22
ISSN: 0899-2363 (ISSN-L)
1527-8018
DOI: 10.1215/08992363-18-1-15
OpenAlex: W2021115925
Cited by: 144
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 13 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 3
FWCI: 10.58
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Public Culture (publishedVersion)
HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Anthropology › Anthropological Studies and Insights
Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Cultural Studies and Colonialism
Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies
Keywords: materiality, objects, circulation of objects, cultural circulation, material culture

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