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Author Egan, R. Danielle.

Title Dancing for dollars and paying for love : the relationships between exotic dancers and their regulars / by R. Danielle Egan
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 174 pages)
Contents Foreword * Introduction: Dancing for Dollars and Paying for Love * Ending up in a Place Like This: Mapping the Social Cartographies of the Clubs * Inside and Outside the Exotic Dance Club: Subjective Modalities and Their Slippage * "I Am a Dancer and a Feminist": Liminal Experiences and Feminist Empowerment * Desiring Subjects and Fantasy Objects: Exploring Lack and Power * Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: Regulars, Love, and Masochism * Conclusion: What We Can Learn from Exotic Dancers * Appendix: Methodology * End Notes * Bibliography
Summary This book takes an in-depth look at the relationships exotic dancers have with their regular customers, and explores the limits of using feminist theory to discuss sex work. Incorporating interviews, personal accounts, and field notes, Egan sheds light on the feminist debates on sex work and women's power. She focuses in on the dynamics of desire and fantasy in exotic dance clubs to illustrate the complexity of gendered relations in everyday life. This is an accessible, revealing, and new look at a perennially intriguing and divisive subject--ideal teaching material for undergraduate courses in a variety of fields
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Stripteasers.
Desire.
Sex.
Man-woman relationships.
sexuality.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
Desire
Man-woman relationships
Sex
Stripteasers
Form Electronic book
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