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Tourist Attractions
Gregory Mitchell
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Description for Tourist Attractions
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFMX; JFSK2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
While much attention has been paid in recent years to heterosexual prostitution and sex tourism in Brazil, gay sex tourism has been almost completely overlooked. In Tourist Attractions, Gregory C. Mitchell presents a pioneering ethnography that focuses on the personal lives and identities of male sex workers who occupy a variety of roles in Brazil's sexual economy. Mitchell takes us into the bath houses of Rio de Janeiro, where rent boys cruise for clients, and to the beaches of Salvador da Bahia, where African American gay men seek out hustlers while exploring cultural heritage tourist sites. His ethnography stretches ... Read more
While much attention has been paid in recent years to heterosexual prostitution and sex tourism in Brazil, gay sex tourism has been almost completely overlooked. In Tourist Attractions, Gregory C. Mitchell presents a pioneering ethnography that focuses on the personal lives and identities of male sex workers who occupy a variety of roles in Brazil's sexual economy. Mitchell takes us into the bath houses of Rio de Janeiro, where rent boys cruise for clients, and to the beaches of Salvador da Bahia, where African American gay men seek out hustlers while exploring cultural heritage tourist sites. His ethnography stretches ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226309071
SKU
V9780226309071
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99-15
About Gregory Mitchell
Gregory C. Mitchell is assistant professor in the Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies program and affiliate faculty in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Williams College.
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