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“Featuring a fantastic selection of authors from multiple disciplinary backgrounds, this collection sets a new standard for scholarly accounts of male sex work. The empirical depth is remarkable and the conceptual contributions are refined.
Male Sex Work and Society
is essential reading for anyone interested in sex, sexuality, identity, work, and GLBTQ issues.”
Male Sex Work and Society
is essential reading for anyone interested in sex, sexuality, identity, work, and GLBTQ issues.”
—DR. KEVIN WALBY,
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada; Author,
Touching Encounters: Sex, Work and Male-for-Male Internet Escorting
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada; Author,
Touching Encounters: Sex, Work and Male-for-Male Internet Escorting
“While the Internet has brought the previously hidden worlds of male sex work into public view, academic research has too often remained locked in to descriptions of male sex workers and their clients as perverse. This volume challenges such stereotypes, reminding us that assumptions of moral deficiency or deviance are unhelpful in theorizing prostitution as a form of work. Global in its outlook and informed by perspectives that locate male sex work in its social, cultural, and economic context,
Male Sex Work and Society
is an important and timely collection that offers new insights into the intersections of masculinity, ethnicity, and sexuality.”
Male Sex Work and Society
is an important and timely collection that offers new insights into the intersections of masculinity, ethnicity, and sexuality.”
—DR. PHIL HUBBARD,
Professor in Urban Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Professor in Urban Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
“Male sex work may be the world’s second oldest profession. Whether those providing services to ancient armies or the gigolos of Hollywood fantasies, male sex workers live in the shadowy intersections between stereotypes about male sexuality, independent entrepreneurship, and brutal exploitation and trafficking. Spanning different times and places, this panoramic collection finally disentangles these threads and illuminates a fuller range of male sex work.”
—DR. MICHAEL KIMMEL,
Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, and Executive Director, Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, and Executive Director, Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities, State University of New York, Stony Brook
“Male sex work is so often misread and misunderstood, so it was exciting to encounter a sympathetic and wide-ranging discussion of the issues. This volume deserves a place on every serious researcher’s bookshelf.”
—DR. PETER AGGLETON,
Professor of Education and Health, Center for Social Research in Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Professor of Education and Health, Center for Social Research in Health, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
“
Male Sex Work and Society
is, quite simply, a ‘must-read’ for any student or scholar of sex work research. Confronting head on the longstanding stereotype that men are always consumers, not providers, of sexual services, the book interrogates a rich diversity of meanings, practices, and performances of male sex work in a variety of spatial and temporal contexts. Consisting of rigorously researched and powerfully argued chapters from a number of leading scholars in the field, this volume makes an exciting and innovative contribution to academic debates about commercial sex, while also having direct relevance for policy and practice.”
Male Sex Work and Society
is, quite simply, a ‘must-read’ for any student or scholar of sex work research. Confronting head on the longstanding stereotype that men are always consumers, not providers, of sexual services, the book interrogates a rich diversity of meanings, practices, and performances of male sex work in a variety of spatial and temporal contexts. Consisting of rigorously researched and powerfully argued chapters from a number of leading scholars in the field, this volume makes an exciting and innovative contribution to academic debates about commercial sex, while also having direct relevance for policy and practice.”
—DR. NICOLA SMITH,
Senior Lecturer in Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham, UK
Senior Lecturer in Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham, UK
“This is a marker and a milestone book. A great deal has been researched and written about female sex work and prostitution, but studies on male sex workers have been thin on the ground. This invaluable volume will fill this gap superbly, as it brings together a wide-ranging series of global essays on every major aspect of male sex work.”
—DR. KEN PLUMMER,
Professor Emeritus, University of Essex, UK
Professor Emeritus, University of Essex, UK
“
Male Sex Work and Society
is the most wide-ranging and provocative collection yet published on commercial sex work among men. It explores the complex social structures and processes that have shaped male sex work historically and cross-culturally. It deconstructs conventional stereotypes and illuminates the lives and experiences of both male sex workers and their clients. This important volume provides new insight into the social construction of masculinity and male sexuality, as well as the commodification of the male body in diverse social and cultural settings”
Male Sex Work and Society
is the most wide-ranging and provocative collection yet published on commercial sex work among men. It explores the complex social structures and processes that have shaped male sex work historically and cross-culturally. It deconstructs conventional stereotypes and illuminates the lives and experiences of both male sex workers and their clients. This important volume provides new insight into the social construction of masculinity and male sexuality, as well as the commodification of the male body in diverse social and cultural settings”
—DR. RICHARD PARKER,
Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Anthropology, and Director, Center for the Study of Culture, Politics, and Health, Columbia University School of Public Health; Editor-in-Chief,
Global Public Health
; Author,
Routledge Handbook of Global Public Health
Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Anthropology, and Director, Center for the Study of Culture, Politics, and Health, Columbia University School of Public Health; Editor-in-Chief,
Global Public Health
; Author,
Routledge Handbook of Global Public Health
“What a resource! This excellent volume fills a great void. Until now we have not had a thorough overview of men who sell sex. This volume covers an entire historical, geographical, and sociological range.”
—MELISSA HOPE DITMORE,
Editor,
Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work
Editor,
Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work
“Male Sex Work and Society is a landmark book. It is a coherent edited collection that provides a comprehensive, up-to-date account of male sex work. It brings together writers and academics from a range of disciplines and backgrounds, who treat the issue of male sex work as a unique subject of academic concern, and one that is not reducible to the ways we think about, theorize, or understand women’s involvement in prostitution. For that reason alone, this book makes for fascinating reading.
“Some of the book’s distinctive features are its measured tone, its potential to bust the myths that surround male sex work, and its attempt to theorize male sex work as a discrete social phenomenon. Male Sex Work and Society is a well-written, compelling, and engaging analysis of an underresearched area and a must-read for scholars, campaigners, policy-makers, and general audiences alike.”
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