Bourbon street, b-drinking, and the sexual economy of tourism / / Angela R. Demovic
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| Autore: |
Demovic R Angela
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| Titolo: |
Bourbon street, b-drinking, and the sexual economy of tourism / / Angela R. Demovic
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (209 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 338.479176335 |
| Soggetto topico: | Tourism - Louisiana - New Orleans |
| Soggetto geografico: | Louisiana New Orleans |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Bourbon street, b-drinking, and the sexual economy of tourism |
| ISBN: | 1-4985-3133-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814233903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Anthropology of tourism: heritage, mobility, and society.