03986nam 2200697 a 450 991081534140332120230126211348.00-292-73575-810.7560/729117(CKB)3170000000046326(OCoLC)782930347(CaPaEBR)ebrary10541114(SSID)ssj0000601407(PQKBManifestationID)11422344(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000601407(PQKBWorkID)10565326(PQKB)10893958(MiAaPQ)EBC3443587(MdBmJHUP)muse17562(Au-PeEL)EBL3443587(CaPaEBR)ebr10541114(OCoLC)932314201(DE-B1597)586619(DE-B1597)9780292735750(EXLCZ)99317000000004632620111014d2012 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNaked truth[electronic resource] strip clubs, democracy, and a Christian right /Judith Lynne Hanna1st ed.Austin University of Texas Pressc20121 online resource (351 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-72911-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Scripture and hostility to exotic dance -- Fighting exotic dance: call to war -- Target of attack: striptease 101 or seduction by the devil -- Nudity, touch, and sex: marginal or mainstream? -- "Rottweilers" lock their jaws: bench trials -- Shooting nude crotches: jury trials -- Exotic dancers and labor: need to be saved? -- Christian right claims club crime: where are the bodies? -- Stripping your first amendment and more.Across America, strip clubs have come under attack by a politically aggressive segment of the Christian Right. Using plausible-sounding but factually untrue arguments about the harmful effects of strip clubs on their communities, the Christian Right has stoked public outrage and incited local and state governments to impose onerous restrictions on the clubs with the intent of dismantling the exotic dance industry. But an even larger agenda is at work, according to Judith Lynne Hanna. In Naked Truth, she builds a convincing case that the attack on exotic dance is part of the activist Christian Right’s “grand design” to supplant constitutional democracy in America with a Bible-based theocracy. Hanna takes readers onstage, backstage, and into the community and courts to reveal the conflicts, charges, and realities that are playing out at the intersection of erotic fantasy, religion, politics, and law. She explains why exotic dance is a legitimate form of artistic communication and debunks the many myths and untruths that the Christian Right uses to fight strip clubs. Hanna also demonstrates that while the fight happens at the local level, it is part of a national campaign to regulate sexuality and punish those who do not adhere to Scripture-based moral values. Ultimately, she argues, the naked truth is that the separation of church and state is under siege and our civil liberties—free speech, women’s rights, and free enterprise—are at stake.StripteaseUnited StatesStripteaseSocial aspectsUnited StatesStripteasersUnited StatesSex in danceUnited StatesChristianity and politicsUnited StatesDancePolitical aspectsStripteaseStripteaseSocial aspectsStripteasersSex in danceChristianity and politicsDancePolitical aspects.792.7/8Hanna Judith Lynne628648MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815341403321Naked truth4081444UNINA