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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
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Sex industry > 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.
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.
PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Economic history
Femininity
Self-perception in women
Sex industry > Social aspects
Social conditions
Women dancers
Women > Family relationships
Women > Social conditions
Northeastern States > Social conditions.
Northeastern States > Economic conditions.
États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Conditions sociales.
États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Conditions économiques.
Northeastern States
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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 th.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxii, 258 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520948310
0520948319

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