Discourses on women’s (hetero)sexuality and desire in a South African local context

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 375-390

  Shefer, Tamara ^a   Foster, Don ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 2442460639     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136910501753184123     Document Type: Article

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