L’ethnographe, l’escort et le client

This article analyses the different ways in which ambiguities are produced and negotiated in the escort-client relationship based on the space of their first encounter: a male-for-male escorting platform. It suggests an analogy between the ambiguities produced by the ethnographer and his participant...

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Main Author: Kostia Lennes
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Éditions de la Sorbonne 2023-01-01
Series:Socio-anthropologie
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/socio-anthropologie/12576
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description This article analyses the different ways in which ambiguities are produced and negotiated in the escort-client relationship based on the space of their first encounter: a male-for-male escorting platform. It suggests an analogy between the ambiguities produced by the ethnographer and his participants and those that are constructed, exploited and clarified by escorts and clients. In both contexts, the possibility of a sexual future remains the core issue of these digital ambiguities.
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spelling doaj.art-1373cd6279cc4b57b02e1db1b8b9daf42023-01-04T11:19:24ZfraÉditions de la SorbonneSocio-anthropologie1276-87071773-018X2023-01-0146294310.4000/socio-anthropologie.12576L’ethnographe, l’escort et le clientKostia LennesThis article analyses the different ways in which ambiguities are produced and negotiated in the escort-client relationship based on the space of their first encounter: a male-for-male escorting platform. It suggests an analogy between the ambiguities produced by the ethnographer and his participants and those that are constructed, exploited and clarified by escorts and clients. In both contexts, the possibility of a sexual future remains the core issue of these digital ambiguities.http://journals.openedition.org/socio-anthropologie/12576ambiguitiesdigital ethnographydigital platformresearcher-participant relationshipsexuality
spellingShingle Kostia Lennes
L’ethnographe, l’escort et le client
Socio-anthropologie
ambiguities
digital ethnography
digital platform
researcher-participant relationship
sexuality
title L’ethnographe, l’escort et le client
title_full L’ethnographe, l’escort et le client
title_fullStr L’ethnographe, l’escort et le client
title_full_unstemmed L’ethnographe, l’escort et le client
title_short L’ethnographe, l’escort et le client
title_sort l ethnographe l escort et le client
topic ambiguities
digital ethnography
digital platform
researcher-participant relationship
sexuality
url http://journals.openedition.org/socio-anthropologie/12576
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