How young people with disabilities conceptualize the body, sex and marriage in urban India: Four case studies

Sexuality and Disability

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 111-123

  Addlakha, Renu ^a  

^a Centre for Women's Development Studies   (India)

Author keywords

Disability; Gender; Identity; India; Sexuality; Visual disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DREAM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INDIA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIETY; URBAN AREA; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 34548405209     PISSN: 01461044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-007-9045-9     Document Type: Article

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