Risking it: Young heterosexual femininities in South African context of HIV/AIDS

Sexualities

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-172

  Reddy, Shakila ^a   Dunne, Máiréad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Femininities; HIV AIDS; Identities; Sexualities; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347253616     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460707075797     Document Type: Article

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