Ironies of subordination: Ambivalences of gender in religious AIDS interventions in South Africa

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-82

  Burchardt, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MASCULINIZATION; RELIGION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77949408106     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: 14699966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810903548708     Document Type: Article

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