Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: 101 Rent Boys, American Gigolo, A River Made to Drown In, Body Without Soul, Boogie Nights, City of Night, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Gigolos, Hung (TV series), Hustler White, Johns (film), Just a Gigolo (TV series), Lan Yu (film), Lucky Bastard, Men for Sale, Midnight Cowboy, Midnight Cowboy (novel), Mysterious Skin, My Own Private Idaho, Not Angels But Angels, Skin & Bone (film), Sugar (2004 film), Summer of Sam, Torched (film), Trois 3: The Escort, Twist (film). Excerpt: The male prostitute or hustler is a frequent stereotype in literature and movies in the West from the 1960s on, and especially in movies and books with a gay perspective in which he may be considered a stock character. He also appears occasionally in popular music, some contemporary fashion advertising, and the visual arts. The most common stereotype of the hustler is as a sexy but tragic figure. This stereotype reveals both a fascination with the hustler as a sexual object and sadness or disdain with his situation and life style. This stereotyped male hustler is often an under-aged or teen-age "street kid" or "runaway" forced to leave home because of his sexual orientation or because of sexual abuse. He is often portrayed as a drug addict or thief. The plotline frequently focuses on the crisis of leaving the trade or the street ("one last trick"), or on making enough money for an important use (a medical treatment, a gift). The climax often has one of two possible outcomes: the hustler either abandons the trade and re-integrates society, or he meets a tragic end. This tragic image of the hustler can be contrasted with the stereotype of the female hooker with a heart of gold: instead of being portrayed as someone in control and contented, the hustler is lost, homeless, broke or exploited. In movies and books...