"She drank his money": Survival sex and the problem of violence in Taverns in Gauteng Province, South Africa

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-293

  Wojcicki, Janet Maia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Rape; South africa; Survival sex; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NEGOTIATING; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036716349     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2002.16.3.267     Document Type: Article

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