Neon wasteland : on love, motherhood, and sex work in a rust belt town / Susan Dewey.
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TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 258 pages)Content type: - text
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- online resource
- 9780520948310
- 0520948319
- Sex-oriented businesses -- Social aspects -- Northeastern States -- Case studies
- Women dancers -- Northeastern States -- Case studies
- Women -- Northeastern States -- Social conditions -- Case studies
- Women -- Family relationships -- Northeastern States -- Case studies
- Self-perception in women -- Northeastern States -- Case studies
- Femininity -- Case studies
- Northeastern States -- Social conditions
- Northeastern States -- Economic conditions
- Industrie pornographique -- Aspect social -- États-Unis (Nord-Est) -- Études de cas
- Danseuses -- États-Unis (Nord-Est) -- Études de cas
- Femmes -- États-Unis (Nord-Est) -- Conditions sociales -- Études de cas
- Femmes -- Relations familiales -- États-Unis (Nord-Est) -- Études de cas
- Perception de soi chez la femme -- États-Unis (Nord-Est) -- Études de cas
- Féminité -- Études de cas
- États-Unis (Nord-Est) -- Conditions sociales
- États-Unis (Nord-Est) -- Conditions économiques
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- Economic history
- Femininity
- Self-perception in women
- Sex-oriented businesses -- Social aspects
- Social conditions
- Women dancers
- Women -- Family relationships
- Women -- Social conditions
- Northeastern States
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- HQ18.U5 D49 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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.
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