Sexuality, masculinity, and infertility in egypt: Potent troubles in marital and medical encounters

African Masculinities: Men in Africa from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Present

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 289-303

  Inhorn, Marcia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84995581613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781403979605     Document Type: Chapter

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