What can a woman do with a camera? Turning the female gaze on poverty and HIV and AIDS in rural South Africa

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-331

  Moletsane, Relebohile ^a   Mitchell, Claudia ^b   de Lange, Naydene ^a   Stuart, Jean ^a   Buthelezi, Thabisile ^a   Taylor, Myra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Female gaze; Feminist visual culture; HIV and AIDS; Participatory video; PhotoVoice; Poverty; Production text

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449558691     PISSN: 09518398     EISSN: 13665898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09518390902835454     Document Type: Article

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