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Author Joseph, Sherry.

Title Social work practice and men who have sex with men / Sherry Joseph.

Publication Info. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-299) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Scholarship on homosexuality -- Homosexuality in India : historical overview and contemporary situation -- Social and sexual profiles of men who have sex with men -- Sexual identities of men who have sex with men -- Stresses and coping strategies of men who have sex with men -- Social work practice with men who have sex with men -- Conclusion.
Summary 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.
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Subject Gay men -- India.
Gay men.
India.
Homosexuality -- India.
Homosexuality.
Social work with gay people -- India.
Homophobia -- India.
Homophobia.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Gay men.
Homosexuality.
Homophobia.
Other Form: Print version: Joseph, Sherry. Social work practice and men who have sex with men. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2005 9780761933519 (DLC) 2005009686 (OCoLC)58976129
ISBN 9788132103516 (electronic book)
8132103513 (electronic book)
1282424912
9781282424913
0761933514 (hard back)
9780761933519 (hard back)
8178294982 (India-hardback)
9788178294988 (India-hardback)
0761933522 (paper back)
9780761933526 (paper back)
8178294990 (India-Pb)
9788178294995 (India-Pb)