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Don kulick paperback november 2, 1998 following the lives of a group of transgendered prostitutes in salvador, this text analyzes the ways that they modify their bodies, explores their motivations, examines their complex relationships and discovers how prostitution for most travestis is a positive and affirmative experience. A question not broached in this literature s whether the fundamental differences that exist between northern euroamerican and latin american regimes of sexuality might also re sult in. Don asked keila if her experience with jose was traumatic keila says it was a. In this dramatic and compelling narrative, anthropologist don kulick follows the lives of a group of transgendered prostitutes called travestis in portuguese in the brazilian city salvador. The boyfriends of brazilian travesti prostitutes pp. Sex, gender, and culture among brazilian transgendered prostitutes and coauthor of. Travesti by don kulick, 9780226460994, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Don kulick is professor of anthropology at new york university. Don kulick is a rather famous anthropologist, and im sure he was simply using the most uptodate language available to him at the time. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read travesti.
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