'Love of the heart': Romantic love among young mothers in Mali

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-427

  Sølbeck, Ditte Enemark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agency; Mali; Materiality; Premarital motherhood; Romantic love

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOVE; MALI; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; PLEASURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOVE; MALI; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; PLEASURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950968322     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691051003586906     Document Type: Article

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