Bourbon Street, b-drinking, and the sexual economy of tourism /

Combining historic and ethnographic research, Angela R. Demovic reveals the intersection of alcohol sales and stripteasing in the French Quarter. She demonstrates how B-drinkers-workers hired by bar owners to flirt with patrons who buy them drinks-maintain agency and create community in a tourism ec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Demovic, Angela R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
Colección:Anthropology of tourism: heritage, mobility, and society.
Temas:
Tourism > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Tourism > Social aspects > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Drinking behavior > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Sex industry > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Carnival > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Boissons > Fonctions alimentaires > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans.
Industrie pornographique > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans.
Carnavals > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Carnival
Drinking behavior
Sex industry
Tourism
Tourism > Social aspects
Louisiana > New Orleans
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Entering "The Field"; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Why B-drinking Works; 2 B-girls in Public Discourses; 3 Finding B-girls in the Ideoscape; 4 The Cultural Geography of Power and B-drinking in the 1990s; 5 Understanding the Perspectives of B-girls at the Turn of the Century; 6 Dangers; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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