Honourable señoras, liminal campesinas and the shameful other: Re-defining feminities in Bolivia

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 529-542

  Robildard, Chantal ^a  

^a Institute of Population Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Coping; Gender; Sex work; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SHAME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; BOLIVIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; SHAME; STEREOTYPING; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951915352     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691051003668308     Document Type: Article

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