Strip club : gender, power, and sex work / Kim Price-Glynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Price-Glynn, Kim.

Series:

Intersections.

Intersections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex industry--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.

Sex industry.

Stripteasers--United States--Case studies.

Stripteasers.

Power (Social sciences)--Case studies.

Power (Social sciences).

Sex role--Case studies.

Sex role.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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

About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814768532

0814768539

9780814767818

0814767818

OCLC:

784884468