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    Breastfeeding practices and attitudes relevant to the vertical transmission of HIV in rural South-west Uganda. 

    Pool, Robert; Nyanzi, Stella; Whitworth, James A. G. (Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2001)
    Breastfeeding has been associated with a doubling of the risk of HIV transmission. In developed countries, it is recommended that HIV-positive women do not breastfeed, but this is not a feasible option in most of Africa. ...
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    Bumsters, big black organs and old white gold: Embodied racial myths in sexual relationships of Gambian beach boys. 

    Nyanzi, Stella; Rosenberg-Jallow, Ousman; Bah, Ousman; Nyanzi, Susan (Taylor and Francis, 2005)
    Sexuality is a platform upon which ideologies are enacted. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in The Gambia, this paper discusses the embodiment of racial myths about male Black bodies and Western affluence. Methods utilized ...
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    The adventures of the Randy Professor and Angela the sugar mummy: Sex in fictional serials in Ugandan popular magazines. 

    Gysels, Marjolein; Pool, Robert; Nyanzi, Stella (Taylor and Francis, 2005)
    In 1996 newspaper vendors in Ugandan towns started selling a new kind of locally produced ‘lifestyle’ magazine. On the covers there were young, scantily dressed girls and inside news articles, fictional serials, lifestyle ...
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    The widow, the will, and widow-inheritance in Kampala: Revisiting victimisation arguments. 

    Nyanzi, Stella; Emodu-Walakira, Margaret; Serwaniko, Wilberforce (Taylor and Francis, 2009)
    Widows are often presented as victims of patriarchal sexual dictates in analyses of widow-inheritance. Our study explored experiences of widowhood in Kampala. Ethnographic fieldwork combined participant observation, ...
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    Dismantling reified African culture through localised homosexualities in Uganda. 

    Nyanzi, Stella (Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2013)
    Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 aimed at protecting the cherished culture of the people against emergent threats to the traditional heterosexual family. The Bill's justification, however, lay in myopic imaginings ...
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    Male promiscuity: The negotiation of masculinities by motorbike taxi-riders in Masaka, Uganda. 

    Nyanzi, Stella; Nyanzi-Wakholi, Barbara; Kalina, Bessie (Sage Publications, 2009)
    Understanding contemporary sociocultural constructions of masculinity and sexuality is crucial in the struggle against HIV/AIDS. This article discusses lay conceptualizations and enactments of manhood, in interaction with ...
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    Widowed mama-grannies buffering HIV/AIDS-affected households in a city slum of Kampala, Uganda. 

    Nyanzi, Stella (Taylor and Francis, 2009)
    This article explores the experiences, challenges and coping strategies of urban elderly residents in Kasubi-Kawaala, a slum on the margins of Kampala city, Uganda. The city is mainly stereotyped as a space for able-bodied ...
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    Socializing influences and the value of sex: The experience of adolescent school girls in rural Masaka, Uganda. 

    Kinsman, John; Nyanzi, Stella; Pool, Robert (Taylor and Francis, 2001)
    In order to explore the socializing influences which have shaped rural adolescent schoolgirls' views and values about sex in a high HIV prevalence area of Uganda, detailed qualitative data was obtained over a one year ...
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    Female control of sexuality: illusion or reality? Use of vaginal products in South west Uganda. 

    Green, Gill; Pool, Robert; Harrison, Susan; Hart, Graham J.; Wilkinson, Joanie; Nyanzi, Stella; Whitworth, James A. G. (Elsevier Science Ltd., 2001)
    This paper reports on a trial of vaginal products that were distributed and used by 131 women and 21 men in south west Uganda. It focuses specifically upon the issue of female control in heterosexual relationships and ...
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    The negotiation of sexual relationships among pupils in South-western Uganda. 

    Nyanzi, Stella; Pool, Robert; Kinsman, John (Taylor and Francis, 2001)
    The objective of the study was to explore how school-going adolescents in south-western Uganda negotiate sexual relationships. Qualitative data were obtained from 15 boys and 15 girls (14-18 years old), during a series of ...
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    Pool, Robert (9)Kalina, Bessie (4)Nyanzi, Barbara (4)Whitworth, James A. G. (4)Harrison, Susan (3)Bah, Ousman (2)Green, Gillian (2)Hart, Graham J. (2)Kinsman, John (2)... View MoreSubjectGender (9)Sexuality (9)Sexual and reproductive health (7)Culture (6)HIV/AIDS (6)Ethnography (4)Masculinity (4)Rural women's health (4)Condom use (3)Homosexuality (3)... View MoreDate Issued2010 - 2014 (5)2000 - 2009 (18)1999 - 1999 (1)

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