ISBN:
9788132103516
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8132103513
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1282424912
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9781282424913
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (312 p.)
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ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Joseph, Sherry Social work practice and men who have sex with men
DDC:
306.76620954
Keywords:
Gay men India
;
Homosexuality India
;
Social work with gays India
;
Homophobia India
;
Homosexuels masculins Inde
;
Homosexualité Inde
;
Service social aux homosexuels Inde
;
Homophobie Inde
;
India
;
Gay men
;
Homosexuality
;
Social work with gays
;
Homophobia
;
Gay men India
;
Homophobia India
;
Homophobie Inde
;
India
;
Homosexuality India
;
Homosexualité Inde
;
Homosexuels masculins Inde
;
Service social aux homosexuels Inde
;
Social work with gays India
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gay Studies
;
Gay men
;
Homophobia
;
Homosexuality
;
Social work with gays
;
India
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Society at large tends to marginalize homosexuality even though men who have sex with men have always existed within it. This book is a significant contribution in the endeavour to understand this segment of society and its concerns. Employing a blend of qualitative and quantitative methods, Sherry Joseph analyses the extensive data collected through formal networks of such people in Kolkata, and places them in a socio-ecological perspective. He shows how the lives of men who have sex with men are very stressful in their efforts to fit into an environment that is predominantly homophobic, hete
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-299) and index. - Description based on print version record
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Description based on print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
,
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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