'Serosameness' or 'serodifference'? Resisting polarized discourses of identity and relationality in the context of HIV

Sexualities

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 409-422

  Riggs, Damien W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barebacking; Gay men's sexuality; HIV prevention promotion; Identity; Polarities of HIV status

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748772541     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460706068042     Document Type: Article

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