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1 online resource (xxii, 258 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Feminized Labor and the Classed Body; 3. Everyday Survival Strategies; 4. Being a Good Mother in a "Bad" Profession; 5. Pseudointimacy and Romantic Love; 6. Calculating Risks, Surviving Danger; 7. Body Work and the Feminization of Poverty; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z. |
| Summary |
This path-breaking book examines the lives of five topless dancers in the economically devastated "rust belt" of upstate New York. With insight and empathy, Susan Dewey shows how these women negotiate their lives as parents, employees, and family members while working in a profession widely regarded as incompatible with motherhood and fidelity. Neither disparaging nor romanticizing her subjects, Dewey investigates the complicated dynamic of performance, resilience, economic need, and emotional vulnerability that comprises the life of a stripper. An accessibly written text that uses academic th. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sex industry -- Social aspects -- Northeastern States -- Case studies.
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Sex industry -- Social aspects. |
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Northeastern States. |
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Case studies.
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Sex industry. |
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Women dancers -- Northeastern States -- Case studies.
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Women dancers. |
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Women -- Northeastern States -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
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Women. |
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Social conditions. |
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Women -- Family relationships -- Northeastern States -- Case studies.
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Women -- Family relationships. |
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Self-perception in women -- Northeastern States -- Case studies.
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Self-perception in women. |
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Femininity -- Case studies.
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Femininity. |
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Northeastern States -- Social conditions.
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Northeastern States -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Electronic books.
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dewey, Susan. Neon wasteland. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520266902 (DLC) 2010020856 (OCoLC)639518352 |
| ISBN |
9780520948310 (electronic book) |
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0520948319 (electronic book) |
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9780520266902 |
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0520266900 |
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9780520266919 |
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0520266919 |
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