Young people's lives and sexual relationships in rural Africa : findings from a large qualitative study in Tanzania /

This innovative ethnography of young people's sexual relationships in rural Africa combines the validity of detailed qualitative research with the representativeness of a large scale study, providing a rich analysis with which to question and interpret survey data on adolescent sexual health. I...

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Main Author: Plummer, Mary Louisa
Other Authors: Wight, Daniel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2011.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780739135808
0739135805
9780739186299
0739186299
9786613172952
6613172952
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Tables; Figures; Case Studies; Boxes; Acknowledgments; Chapter One. Introduction; Chapter Two. Research Methods; Chapter Three. Village Life; Chapter Four. Children's Relationships with Parents, Peers, and Teachers; Chapter Five. Contradictory Sexual Norms and Expectations; Case Study Series 1. "We'll Have Sex Again When the Opportunity Arises": Typical Young People's Lives and Premarital Sexual Relationships; Chapter Six. Unmarried Young People's Sexual Relationships; Chapter Seven. Sexual Negotiation, Exchange, and Coercion; Chapter Eight. Sexual Practices.
  • Case Study Series 2. "He Told Me, 'Just Come and Live at My House'"": Typical Young People's Experience of Marriage and DivorceChapter Nine. Married Young People's Sexual Relationships; Chapter Ten. Contraception, Abortion, and Fertility; Chapter Eleven. HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections; Case Study Series 3. "The Fever Went Away but Always Returned": HIV-Positive Young People's Lives and Sexual Relationships; Chapter Twelve. Barriers and Facilitators of Sexual Risk Reduction; Swahili and Sukuma Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors.