Dispelling "heterosexual African AIDS" in Namibia: Same-sex sexuality in the township of Katutura

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 435-449

  Lorway, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Masculinity; Namibia Homosexuality; Sexual subjectivity

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LESBIAN; MASCULINITY; NAMIBIA; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NAMIBIA; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33747651104     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050600844262     Document Type: Article

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