Sexuality, culture, and power in HIV/AIDS research

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2001, Pages 163-179

  Parker, Richard ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural analysis; Political economy; Sexual practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000242245     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.30.1.163     Document Type: Article

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