The Homosexual Escort Agency
Deviance Disavowal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5631847 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edna D Salamon (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Publication date | 1989-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1315 • E-ISSN: 1468-4446 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/590288 |
| PMID | 2706432 |
| OpenAlex | W2325611662 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article examines the management of deviance disavowal techniques by a commercial organization. Ball's abortion clinic ethnography (1972:158-86) paved the way for an analysis of the neutralization of disreputable encounters. This study, based on research conducted in London, England during 1981, attempts to explore how stigmatizing sexual liaisons are routinely managed by an escort agency. The article is based on interviews conducted with one homosexual escort agency owner and twenty-eight male escorts and discusses the neutralization of moral approbrium through the organization of names, space and structure
Agency (philosophy · Criminology · Deviance (statistics · Ethnography · Moral agency · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology
Economics, Sexuality, and Male Sex Work
New directions in research on prostitution
Young men doing business
Rent-Boys, Barflies, and Kept Men
A different kind of risky business
Prostitution as a Form of Work
Ordering sex in cyberspace
Normalizing Sex Work
Misunderstanding (Mis)Understandings
Forms of Transactional Sex in Prague among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men (1999-2004)
New Pleasures and Old Dangers
Three principles of Serendip
Personal Characteristics, Sexual Behaviors, and Male Sex Work
Male Prostitution in the Twentieth Century
Looking Beyond HIV
Male Prostitution
You can do it from your sofa
Managing Identity in a Dirty Occupation
The Morality of the 'Immoral
A Virtual View of Managing Violence among British Escorts
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1996 - 2026 (31) |
| Highly cited | No |