Neon wasteland : on love, motherhood, and sex work in a rust belt town

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Label

Neon wasteland : on love, motherhood, and sex work in a rust belt town

Title remainder

on love, motherhood, and sex work in a rust belt town

Statement of responsibility

Susan Dewey

Creator

• Dewey, Susan

Subject

• Case studies
• Economic history
• Electronic books
• Femininity
• Femininity -- Case studies
• Gender & Ethnic Studies
• Gender Studies & Sexuality
• Northeastern States
• Northeastern States -- Economic conditions
• Northeastern States -- Social conditions
• PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
• Self-perception in women
• Sex-oriented businesses -- Social aspects
• Sex-oriented businesses -- Social aspects -- Northeastern States -- Case studies
• Social Sciences
• Social conditions
• Women -- Family relationships
• Women -- Family relationships -- Northeastern States -- Case studies
• Women -- Northeastern States -- Social conditions -- Case studies
• Women -- Social conditions
• Women dancers
• Women dancers -- Northeastern States -- Case studies
• Self-perception in women -- Northeastern States -- Case studies

Genre

• Case studies
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

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 th

Member of

• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

155.3/33

Index

index present

LC call number

HQ18.U5

LC item number

D49 2011eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography