03674nam 2200733 a 450 991078254510332120230207225828.01-281-95692-997866119569290-226-30524-410.7208/9780226305240(CKB)1000000000577886(EBL)408393(OCoLC)476228839(SSID)ssj0000214749(PQKBManifestationID)11175745(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214749(PQKBWorkID)10167630(PQKB)11016961(MiAaPQ)EBC408393(DE-B1597)523770(OCoLC)304666896(DE-B1597)9780226305240(Au-PeEL)EBL408393(CaPaEBR)ebr10265999(CaONFJC)MIL195692(EXLCZ)99100000000057788620070518d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOn the make[electronic resource] the hustle of urban nightlife /David GrazianChicago University of Chicago Press20081 online resource (296 p.)Religion and PostmodernismDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-30672-0 0-226-30567-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-276) and index.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.David Grazian's riveting tour of downtown Philadelphia and its newly bustling nightlife scene reveals the city as an urban playground where everyone dabbles in games of chance and perpetrates elaborate cons. Entertainment in the city has evolved into a professional industry replete with set designers, stage directors, and method actors whose dazzling illusions tempt even the shrewdest of customers. As entertaining and illuminating as the confessional stories it recounts, On the Make is a fascinating exposé of the smoke and mirrors employed in the city at night.Religion and PostmodernismYoung adultsPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaSocial conditionsNightlifePennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaCity and town lifePennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaBars (Drinking establishments)PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaNightclubsPennsylvaniaPhiladelphianightlife, urban, downtown, philadelphia, city, entertainment, nightclubs, pennsylvania, marketing, public relations, bars, pubs, college students, pre-game, coolness, drinking, dressing, fraternizing, sexuality, sexual exploitation, women workers, gender, labor, nonfiction, sociology, strip clubs, gay bar, dives, class, performance, sex, fine dining, consumerism, social interaction.Young adultsSocial conditions.NightlifeCity and town lifeBars (Drinking establishments)Nightclubs307.76/408420974811Grazian David1528803MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782545103321On the make3772658UNINA