Sex, death and the fate of the nation: Reflections on the politicization of sexuality in post-apartheid South Africa

Africa

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-153

  Posel, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; GENDER ISSUE; POST-APARTHEID;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 23844544232     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/afr.2005.75.2.125     Document Type: Article

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