Strip Club : : Gender, Power, and Sex Work / / Kim Price-Glynn.

In Strip Club, Kim Price-Glynn takes us behind the scenes at a rundown club where women strip out of economic need, a place where strippers’ stories are not glamorous or liberating, but emotionally demanding and physically exhausting. Strip Club reveals the intimate working lives of not just the wom...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Intersections ; 7
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
1. Studying Strip Club Work --
2. “Keeping the Dancers in Check” --
3. “It’s a Nice Place to Hide, and It’s Safe” --
4. Tradeoffs and Troubles --
5. Dollar Dances and Stage Dances --
Postscript --
Appendix 1 --
Appendix 2 --
Notes --
References --
Index --
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Summary:In Strip Club, Kim Price-Glynn takes us behind the scenes at a rundown club where women strip out of economic need, a place where strippers’ stories are not glamorous or liberating, but emotionally demanding and physically exhausting. Strip Club reveals the intimate working lives of not just the women up on stage, but also the patrons and other workers who make the place run: the owner-manager, bartenders, dejays, doormen, bouncers, housemoms, and cocktail waitresses.Price-Glynn spent fourteen months at The Lion’s Den working as a cocktail waitress, and her uncommonly deep access reveals a conflict-ridden workplace, similar to any other workplace, one where gender inequalities are reproduced through the everyday interactions of customers and workers. Taking a novel approach to this controversial and often misunderstood industry, Price-Glynn draws a fascinating portrait of life and work inside the strip club.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780814768532
9783110706444
DOI:10.18574/nyu/9780814768532.001.0001
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Kim Price-Glynn.