Naked lives : inside the worlds of erotic dance / Mindy S. Bradley-Engren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradley-Engen, Mindy S., 1975- author.

Series:

Excelsior Editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stripteasers.

Women dancers.

Striptease--Social aspects.

Striptease.

Stripteasers--Interviews.

Sex in dance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 138 p. )

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Is stripping good or bad for the women who do it? According to sociologist Mindy S. Bradley-Engen, there's no simple answer. An exotic dancer's experiences can be both empowering and degrading: at times a dancer can feel like a goddess, at times ashamed and dirty. Drawing on extensive interviews as well as her own experiences as an exotic dancer, Bradley-Engen shows that strippers' work experiences are shaped by the types of establishments—the different worlds—in which they work. A typology of strip clubs emerges: the hustle club, the show club, and the social club, each with its own distinct culture, expectations, and challenges, each creating circumstances in which stripping can be good, bad, or indifferent. Going beyond the warring rhetorics of exploitation and empowerment, this book provides a rich and complex account of the realities of exotic dance and offers a fascinating, thought-provoking consideration for both academics and general readers.

Contents:

Introduction

Methodology

Dancing at the hustle club

Dancing at the show club

Dancing at the social club

The social worlds of exotic dance

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-136) and index.

ISBN:

9781438426327

1438426321