On the make : the hustle of urban nightlife / / David Grazian

• Autore: Grazian David
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76/408420974811
• Soggetto topico: Young adults - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Social conditions; Nightlife - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; City and town life - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Bars (Drinking establishments) - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Nightclubs - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-276) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: On the make
• ISBN: 1-281-95692-9; 9786611956929; 0-226-30524-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812447503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion and Postmodernism