Male Sex Work in the Digital Age: Curated Lives

by Paul Ryan

This book explores the lives of male sex workers living in Dublin, Ireland. It focuses on the stories of young Brazilian and Venezuelan migrants who use their micro-celebrity on social media to construct a brand that can be converted into financial advantage within the sex industry. The book focuses on two sites: Grindr, which these men use to build a transient pop-up escort profile that is linked to Instagram, which in turn provides followers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030117960
• ISBN13: 9783030117962
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"