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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796886803321

Autore

Demovic R Angela

Titolo

Bourbon street, b-drinking, and the sexual economy of tourism / / Angela R. Demovic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018

ISBN

1-4985-3133-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 pages)

Collana

The anthropology of tourism: heritage, mobility, and society

Disciplina

338.479176335

Soggetti

Tourism - Louisiana - New Orleans

Louisiana New Orleans

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 economy.