Historique
Périodique
Street careers: homelessness, drug use, and sex work among young men who have sex with men (YMSM)
(Trajectoires de rue : sans abri, usage de drogues, et prostitution de jeunes hommes auprès d'hommes)
Auteur(s) :
LANKENAU, S. E. ;
CLATTS, M. C. ;
WELLE, D. ;
GOLDSAMT, L. A. ;
VIORST GWADZ, M.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
10-18
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
34
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
JEUNE
;
SEXE MASCULIN
;
TRAJECTOIRE
;
FACTEUR DE VULNERABILITE
;
SANS ABRI
;
PROSTITUE
;
PROSTITUTION
;
ECONOMIE PARALLELE
;
ETHNOGRAPHIE
;
HSH
Note générale :
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2005, 16, (1), 10-18
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Hustling or sex work is a common means of surviving on the streets and paying for drugs among homeless youth. In this article, we formulate the concepts of street capital and street competencies to describe how 10 young men who have sex with men (YMSM) in New York City accumulated various knowledge and skills throughout their childhood and adolescence, and later entered into homelessness and the street economy as sex workers. While half of these young men described themselves as gay or bisexual, sexual identity was not a primary consideration amongst these youth. All were homeless and/or users of illegal drugs, and all survived through intimate involvement in the street economy an informal system of exchange that circulates drugs, sex, and money across a range of settings and participants. Based upon an analysis of life history accounts gained through ethnographic interviews, we describe common pathways into the street economy with an emphasis on understanding how these 10 young men of diverse backgrounds became involved in homelessness, drugs, and sex work. In doing this, we document the differential sources of knowledge and particular childhood experiences that launched these youth into coherent street careers. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
Univ. Southern California, Keck School Medicine, Dept Pediatrics, 6430 Sunset Bld, suite 1500, Los Angeles, CA 90028 ; slankenauchla.usc.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.