Heteronormativity and 'troubled' masculinities among men who have sex with men in Addis Ababa

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 457-469

  Tadele, Getnet ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Addis ababa; Ethiopia; Heteronormativity; Masculinity; Men who have sex with men; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASCULINITY; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ETHIOPIA; FOCUS GROUPS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASCULINITY; PREJUDICE; PROSTITUTION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952478632     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2010.540082     Document Type: Article

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