How boys become dogs: Stigmatization and marginalization of uninitiated xhosa males in east London, south Africa

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 931-941

  Mavundla, Thandisizwe R ^a   Netswera, Fulufhelo G ^b   Toth, Ferenc ^a   Bottoman, Brian ^b   Tenge, Stembele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Culture; Hermeneutic phenomenology; Interpretive methods; Marginalized populations; Mens health; Ritual; South Africa; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MINORITY GROUPS; PREJUDICE; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953801288     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310363804     Document Type: Article

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