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Neon Wasteland : On Love, Motherhood, and Sex Work in a Rust Belt Town / / Susan Dewey



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Autore: Dewey Susan Visualizza persona
Titolo: Neon Wasteland : On Love, Motherhood, and Sex Work in a Rust Belt Town / / Susan Dewey Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011]
©2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
Disciplina: 155.3/33
Soggetto topico: Sex industry - Social aspects - Northeastern States
Women dancers - Social conditions - Northeastern states
Women - Family relationships - Northeastern States
Women - Northeastern States
Self-perception in women - Northeastern States
Femininity
Soggetto geografico: Northeastern States Social conditions
Northeastern States Economic conditions
Soggetto non controllato: abuse
adultery
anthropology
cultural studies
economic justice
exotic dancers
exotic dancing
femininity
feminism
feminized labor
fidelity
gender studies
gender
gws
motherhood
needs
new york
nonfiction
performance
poverty
resilience
rust belt
self esteem
sex work
sex workers
sexual objectification
sexuality
social commentary
social science
social systems
strippers
topless dancers
vulnerability
women
womens issues
womens studies
womens work
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Feminized Labor and the Classed Body -- 3. Everyday Survival Strategies -- 4. Being a Good Mother in a "Bad" Profession -- 5. Pseudointimacy and Romantic Love -- 6. Calculating Risks, Surviving Danger -- 7. Body Work and the Feminization of Poverty -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: This path-breaking book examines the lives of five topless dancers in the economically devastated "rust belt" of upstate New York. With insight and empathy, Susan Dewey shows how these women negotiate their lives as parents, employees, and family members while working in a profession widely regarded as incompatible with motherhood and fidelity. Neither disparaging nor romanticizing her subjects, Dewey investigates the complicated dynamic of performance, resilience, economic need, and emotional vulnerability that comprises the life of a stripper. An accessibly written text that uses academic theories and methods to make sense of feminized labor, Neon Wasteland shows that sex work is part of the learned process by which some women come to believe that their self-esteem, material worth, and possibilities for life improvement are invested in their bodies.
Titolo autorizzato: Neon Wasteland  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-27756-5
9786613277565
0-520-94831-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910785593503321
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