Girl, woman, lover, mother: Towards a new understanding of child prostitution among young Devadasis in rural Karnataka, India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2379-2390

  Orchard, Treena Rae ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child prostitution; Devadasis; Gender; HIV AIDS; India; Sex work; Social construction of adolescence

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL TRADITION; GENDER IDENTITY; GLOBALIZATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; RURAL AREA; SLAVE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; TRAFFICKING;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; PROSTITUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; PROSTITUTION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34248570040     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.031     Document Type: Article

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