Scoring men: Vasectomies and the totemic illusion of male sexuality in Oaxaca

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-101

  Gutmann, Matthew C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Men; Mexico; Sexuality; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FETISHISM; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; MEXICO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VASECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CULTURE; FETISHISM (PSYCHIATRIC); HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MEXICO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VASECTOMY;

EID: 23844465895     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-005-4624-7     Document Type: Article

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