Talking about sex: Contemporary construction of sexuality in rural Kenya

Africa Today

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 82-97

  Prazak, Miroslava ^a  

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EID: 0040197833     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/aft.2000.47.3-4.82     Document Type: Article

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