The Times Square Hustler: Male Prostitution in New York City / Edition 1

by Robert Hartmann McNamara

Overview

The author became interested in male prostitution while researching populations susceptible to AIDS. He found such a population in male prostitutes in Times Square which had developed a community to deal with common problems. Among these changing the community were AIDS, crack cocaine, and urban redevelopment. This work is directed to sociologists, social workers, and those interested in popular culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275951863
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/08/1994
Pages:	168
Sales rank:	1,142,578
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.36(d)
Lexile:	1120L (what's this?)

About the Author

ROBERT P. McNAMARA is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Furman University. He is the author of Crime Displacement: The Other Side of Prevention (1994), Sex, Scams and Street Life: The Sociology of New York City's Times Square (forthcoming) and Sex, Drugs and HIV (forthcoming) with Cindy Patton. He has been a consultant for state, federal, and private agencies on topics such as AIDS, drug abuse, and policing.

Table of Contents

Preface
Hustling and the Marketplace
The Scene
The Cast
A Day in the Life
Cracking the Code
Aiding and Abetting
Riding out the Storm
Epilogue
Selected Bibliography
Index