'I've got two men and one woman': Ancestors, sexuality and identity among same-sex indentified women traditional healers in South Africa

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 375-391

  Morgan, Ruth ^a   Reid, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0042858271     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369105011000064146     Document Type: Article

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