On becoming a male sex worker in Mysore: Sexual subjectivity, "empowerment," and community-based HIV prevention research

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-160

  Lorway, Robert ^a   Reza Paul, Sushena ^a   Pasha, Akram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Adarsha Mysore Based Male Sex Work Collective   (India)

Author keywords

Community based research; HIV prevention; Indian homosexualities; Male sex work; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67149116646     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2009.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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