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Masculine Identities and Male Sex Work between East Java and Bali

An Ethnography of Youth, Bodies, and Violence

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture (CSGSC)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • Matteo Carlo Alcano
    Pages 1-13
  3. Men’s Things and Male Activities

    • Matteo Carlo Alcano
    Pages 15-47
  4. After Sex Work: Immobility and Bonds of Dependence

    • Matteo Carlo Alcano
    Pages 135-177
  5. Conclusions

    • Matteo Carlo Alcano
    Pages 179-181
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 183-197

About this book

Masculine Identities and Male Sex Work Between East Java and Bali introduces the reader to the stories of young male sex workers in South Bali. These are accounts of gang warfare, bodies, and violence which speak to the dreams, aspirations, and failures of a generation of young men in contemporary Indonesia.

About the author

Matteo Carlo Alcano is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Anthropology at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.

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