Mbaraan and the shifting political economy of sex in urban Senegal

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-134

  Foley, Ellen E ^a   Drame, Fatou Maria ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GASTON BERGER   (Senegal)

Author keywords

divorce; marriage; mbaraan; Senegal; transactional sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SENEGAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SENEGAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872404885     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.744849     Document Type: Article

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