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

By:

Grazian, David

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Religion and postmodernismPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (286 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780226305240
0226305244
1281956929
9781281956927
9786611956929
6611956921

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: On the make.DDC classification:

307.76/408420974811 22

LOC classification:

HQ799.73.P55 G73 2008eb

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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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-276) and index.

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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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