Morality plays and money matters: Towards a situated understanding of the politics of homosexuality in Uganda

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-129

  Sadgrove, Joanna ^a   Vanderbeck, Robert M ^a   Andersson, Johan ^a   Valentine, Gill ^a   Ward, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ISSUE; GOVERNMENT; HOMOSEXUALITY; MORALITY; RECIPROCITY; STATE ROLE;

UGANDA;

EID: 84857871279     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X11000620     Document Type: Article

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