Neon Wasteland : On Love, Motherhood, and Sex Work in a Rust Belt Town /

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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 widel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dewey, Susan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2011]
Temas:
Femininity > Case Studies.
Self-perception in women > Northeastern States > Case Studies.
Self-perception in women > Northeastern States.
Sex oriented businesses > Social aspects > Northeastern States > Case studies.
Sex-oriented businesses > Social aspects > Northeastern States > Case studies.
Women dancers > Northeastern States > Case studies.
Women > Family relationships > Northeastern States > Case studies.
Women > Northeastern States > Social conditions > Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family.
abuse.
adultery.
anthropology.
cultural studies.
economic justice.
exotic dancers.
exotic dancing.
femininity.
feminism.
feminized labor.
fidelity.
gender studies.
gender.
gws.
motherhood.
needs.
new york.
nonfiction.
performance.
poverty.
resilience.
rust belt.
self esteem.
sex work.
sex workers.
sexual objectification.
sexuality.
social commentary.
social science.
social systems.
strippers.
topless dancers.
vulnerability.
women.
womens issues.
womens studies.
womens work.
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Sumario: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 theories and methods to make sense of feminized labor, Neon Wasteland shows that sex work is part of the learned process by which some women come to believe that their self-esteem, material worth, and possibilities for life improvement are invested in their bodies.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 p.)
ISBN:9780520948310
9783110690422
Acceso:restricted access

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