‘Getting the nation talking about sex’: reflections on the discursive constitution of sexuality in South Africa since 1994

Agenda

Volumn 18, Issue 62, 2004, Pages 53-63

  Posel, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

gender; HIV AIDS; identity; rights; sex; sex talk; sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149151446     PISSN: 10130950     EISSN: 2158978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2004.9676201     Document Type: Article

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