Living Our lives on the edge: Power, space and sexual orientation in Cape Town Townships, South Africa

Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 298-309

  Salo, Elaine ^a   Ribas, Mario ^b   Lopes, Pedro ^c   Zamboni, Márcio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Centro   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gender; Identity; Personhood; Race; Sexuality; Townships

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954441245     PISSN: 18689884     EISSN: 15536610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13178-010-0028-8     Document Type: Article

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