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Travesti: Sex, Gender, and Culture among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture) (1st Edition) by Professor Don Kulick Paperback, 277 Pages, Published 1998 ISBN-10: 0-226-46100-9 / 0226461009 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-46100-7 / 9780226461007 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. "Travestis" are males who, often beginning at ages as young as ten, adopt female names, clothing styles, h |