Stripped : : Inside the Lives of Exotic Dancers / / Bernadette Barton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Barton, Bernadette,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Discover the complex work and personal experiences of women in the exotic dancing industryWhat kind of woman dances naked for money? Bernadette Barton takes us inside countless strip bars and clubs, from upscale to back road as well as those that specialize in lapdancing, table dancing, topless only, or peep shows, to reveal the startling lives of exotic dancers.Based on over five years of research and from visiting clubs around the country, particularly in San Francisco, Hawaii, and Kentucky, Stripped offers a rare portrait of not just how dancers get into the business but what it's like for those who choose to strip year after year. Through captivating interviews and first-hand observation, Barton recounts why these women began stripping, the initial excitement and financial rewards from the work, the dangers of the life—namely, drugs and prostitution—and, inevitably, the difficulties in staying in the business over time, especially for their sexuality and self-esteem.Stripped provides fresh insight into the complex work and personal experiences of exotic dancers, one that goes beyond the “sex wars” debate to offer an important new understanding of sex work.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Come Inside and See the Show -- 1 Becoming a Stripper -- 2 Dancing on the Möbius Strip -- 3 Bad Girls -- 4 The Toll -- 5 “You Have to Be Sexually Open” -- 6 Sticking Together -- 7 “Everything Is Not Okay” -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author