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UNINA9910785593503321 |
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Autore |
Dewey Susan |
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Titolo |
Neon Wasteland : On Love, Motherhood, and Sex Work in a Rust Belt Town / / Susan Dewey |
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
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©2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-27756-5 |
9786613277565 |
0-520-94831-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (282 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sex industry - Social aspects - Northeastern States |
Women dancers - Social conditions - Northeastern states |
Women - Family relationships - Northeastern States |
Women - Northeastern States |
Self-perception in women - Northeastern States |
Femininity |
Northeastern States Social conditions |
Northeastern States Economic conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- 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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 widely regarded as incompatible with motherhood and fidelity. Neither disparaging nor romanticizing her subjects, Dewey |
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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. |
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