Narratives of transactional sex on a university campus

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 435-447

  Shefer, Tamara ^a   Clowes, Lindsay ^a   Vergnani, Tania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

gender; HIV AIDS; South Africa; transactional sex; university

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS; TAPE RECORDING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84859400928     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.664660     Document Type: Article

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