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Author Grazian, David.

Title On the make : the hustle of urban nightlife / David Grazian.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
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Description 1 online resource (286 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Religion and Postmodernism
Religion and postmodernism.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-276) and index.
Contents Friday night in Philadelphia : the art of the hustle -- Dynamic imagineering : the staging of urban nightlife -- Spin control : public relations and reality marketing -- Winning bar : nightlife as a sporting ritual -- In the company of men : the girl hunt and the myth of the pickup -- Hustling the hustlers : challenging the girl hunt -- Where the action is : storytelling and the imagination of risk -- Smoke and mirrors : the experience of urban nightlife.
Summary Its nighttime in the city and everybodys working a hustle. Winking bartenders and smiling waitresses flirt their way to bigger tips. Hostesses and bouncers hit up the crowd of would-be customers for bribes. And on the other side of the velvet rope, single men and women are on a perpetual hunt to scoreor at least pick up a phone number. Every night of the week they all play the same game, relentlessly competing for money, sex, self-esteem, and status. David Grazians riveting tour of downtown Philadelphia and its newly bustling nightlife scene reveals the city as an urban playground where ev.
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Subject Young adults -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions.
Young adults.
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Social conditions.
Nightlife -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Nightlife.
City and town life -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
City and town life.
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Nightclubs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Nightclubs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Grazian, David. On the make. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008 9780226305677 0226305678 (DLC) 2007020855 (OCoLC)141187850
ISBN 9780226305240 (electronic book)
0226305244 (electronic book)
1281956929
9781281956927
9780226305677 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0226305678 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 9786611956929

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