‘Girls’ and virginity: Making the post-apartheid nation state

Agenda

Volumn 23, Issue 79, 2009, Pages 85-93

  de Robillard, Benita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

abstinence education; girlhood; post apartheid state; sexuality; virginity testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857956015     PISSN: 10130950     EISSN: 2158978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2009.9676227     Document Type: Article

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