Poverty and intimacy: Reflections on sexual exchange, reproductive dynamics and aids in south africa

South African Review of Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Naidoo, Kammila ^a   Misra, Kavita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS epidemic; Intimacy; Livelihood strategy; Poverty; Reproduction; Sexual exchange; Winterveld

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950714754     PISSN: 21528586     EISSN: 20721978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2008.10425074     Document Type: Article

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