{"product_id":"touching-encounters-kevin-walby-9780226870052","title":"Touching Encounters: Sex, Work, and Male-For-Male Internet Escorting","description":"Often depicted as deviant or pathological by public health researchers, psychoanalysts, and sexologists, male-with-male sex and sex work is, in fact, an increasingly mainstream pursuit. Based on a qualitative investigation of the practices involved in male-with-male--or m4m--Internet escorting, \u003ci\u003eTouching Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to explicitly address how masculinity and sexuality shape male commercial sex in this era of Internet communications. By looking closely at the sex and work of male escorts, Kevin Walby tries to reconcile the two extremes of m4m sex--the stereotypical idea of a quick cash transaction and the tendency toward friendship and mutuality. In doing so, Walby draws on the work of Foucault to make visible the play of power in these physical and commercial relations between men. At once a revelation to the sociology of work and a much-needed critical engagement with queer theory, \u003ci\u003eTouching Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e responds to calls from across the social sciences to connect Foucault with sociologies of sex, sexuality, and intimacy. Walby does this and more, retying this sexual practice back to society at large.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Walby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226870057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226870052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2013","brand":"Kevin Walby","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086428221695,"sku":"9780226870052","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c79e9d93-75a9-4982-a628-9c993b1d94ad.jpg?v=1769094616","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/touching-encounters-kevin-walby-9780226870052","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}