Intro; Contents; Entering "The Field"; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Why B-drinking Works; 2 B-girls in Public Discourses; 3 Finding B-girls in the Ideoscape; 4 The Cultural Geography of Power and B-drinking in the 1990s; 5 Understanding the Perspectives of B-girls at the Turn of the Century; 6 Dangers; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary
Combining historic and ethnographic research, Angela R. Demovic reveals the intersection of alcohol sales and stripteasing in the French Quarter. She demonstrates how B-drinkers-workers hired by bar owners to flirt with patrons who buy them drinks-maintain agency and create community in a tourism economy
