On the make : the hustle of urban nightlife /

Show other versions (1)

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 sco...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grazian, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Series:Religion and postmodernism.
Subjects:
Young adults > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions.
Nightlife > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
City and town life > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Bars (Drinking establishments) > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Nightclubs > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Jeunes adultes > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Conditions sociales.
Vie nocturne > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Vie urbaine > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Boîtes de nuit > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Bars (Drinking establishments)
City and town life
Nightclubs
Nightlife
Young adults > Social conditions
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

Similar Items