Alexander Library
This 90-minute talk analyzes a particular group of the rural-to-urban migrant population in post-socialist China—namely, male sex workers, or "money boys." Based on ethnographic research on the male sex industry from 2004 to 2015, "Sex, Work, and Money Boys in Post-Socialist China" examines the ways they become money boys and manage three stigmatized identities in Beijing and Shenzhen: rural-to-urban migrant, men who sell sex, and men who have sex with men. This talk suggests that money boys represent a group of the new migrant generation with distinct needs and desires, a group simultaneously embedded in the neoliberal discourse of development and empowerment, and at risk of dislocation and isolation.

Speakers:
Travis S.K. Kong, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong

Sponsors:
Hosted by the Center for Chinese Studies and co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology Department, Institute for Research on Women, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Asian American Cultural Center, Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities, American Studies, Tyler Clementi Center