Padilla Mark B
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 45109-2029, USA.
J Homosex. 2007;53(1-2):241-75. doi: 10.1300/J082v53n01_11.
This article draws on ethnographic research among two categories of male sex workers in the Dominican Republic in order to describe the relationships between gay male tourists and the Dominican men they hire on their trips to the Caribbean. Drawing on both qualitative interview data and quantitative surveys, the discussion examines the usefulness of theories of 'authenticity,' as they have been applied in the analysis of tourist practices more generally, in accounting for the behaviors and practices of male sex workers and their foreign gay clients. While the flow of international remittances from 'Western Union daddies' to their Dominican 'boys' creates a continuous reminder of the utilitarian nature of the exchange, both sex workers and clients are motivated to camouflage this instrumentality in their construction of a more 'authentic,' fulfilling relationship. The article examines the consequences of this ambivalent negotiation for the emotional and economic organization of gay male sex tourism in the Caribbean.
本文借鉴了对多米尼加共和国两类男性性工作者的人种志研究，以描述男同性恋游客与他们在加勒比地区旅行时雇佣的多米尼加男性之间的关系。基于定性访谈数据和定量调查，本讨论审视了“真实性”理论在更广泛地分析旅游行为时的有用性，以及该理论在解释男性性工作者及其外国男同性恋客户的行为和做法方面的作用。虽然从“西联汇款老爹”流向其多米尼加“男孩”的国际汇款不断提醒着这种交换的功利性质，但性工作者和客户都有动机在构建更“真实”、更令人满足的关系时掩饰这种功利性。本文探讨了这种矛盾协商对加勒比地区男男性行为旅游的情感和经济组织所产生的影响。
