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

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

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 widel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dewey, Susan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Sex industry > Social aspects > Northeastern States > Case studies.
Women dancers > Northeastern States > Case studies.
Women > Northeastern States > Social conditions > Case studies.
Women > Family relationships > Northeastern States > Case studies.
Self-perception in women > Northeastern States > Case studies.
Femininity > Case studies.
PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Economic history
Femininity
Self-perception in women
Sex industry > Social aspects
Social conditions
Women dancers
Women > Family relationships
Women > Social conditions
Northeastern States > Social conditions.
Northeastern States > Economic conditions.
États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Conditions sociales.
États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Conditions économiques.
Northeastern States
Case studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

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