Heterosexual Africa? : the history of an idea from the age of exploration to the age of AIDS / Marc Epprecht.

Athens : Ohio University Press ; Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2008.

xiii, 231 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-218) and index.

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