The social construction of male 'homosexuality' in India: Implications for HIV transmission and prevention

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 707-721

  Asthana, Sheena ^a   Oostvogels, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AIDS research and discourse; India; Men who have sex with men; Western construction of homosexuality

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; WESTERN WORLD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; WESTERN EUROPE;

CONSUMER ADVOCACY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TABOO; WESTERN WORLD;

INDIA;

EID: 0035207614     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00167-2     Document Type: Article

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