Gays, Guys, and Mchicha Mwiba: Same-Sex Relations and Subjectivities in Dar es Salaam

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 511-539

  Moen, Kåre ^a   Aggleton, Peter ^b   Leshabari, Melkizedeck T ^c   Middelthon, Anne Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

gay; HIV; homosexuality; men who have sex with men; MSM; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

ATTITUDE; CULTURE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

EID: 84894849262     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2014.865457     Document Type: Article

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