Don't bother to wrap it: Online giftgiver and Bugchaser newsgroups, the social impact of gift exchanges and the 'carnivalesque'

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-292

  Graydon, Michael ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bareback; Bugchaser; Carnivalesque; Gift; Giftgiver; HIV AIDS; Newsgroup

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; GIFT GIVING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNSAFE SEX;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 34247620760     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050601124649     Document Type: Article

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