Mindy S Bradley-Engen

Naked Lives

Inside the Worlds of Exotic Dance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Is stripping good or bad for the women who do it? According to sociologist and former stripper Mindy S. Bradley-Engen, there's no simple answer. Her experiences as an exotic dancer were both empowering and degrading: at times she felt like a goddess, at times she felt ashamed and dirty. Using her own experiences and extensive interviews with other dancers, Bradley-Engen shows that strippers' work experiences are shaped by the worlds of exotic dance--by the types of establishments where the dancing is performed. 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 is a fascinating, thought-provoking read for both academic and general readers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 139mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 181g
• ISBN-13: 9781438426068
• ISBN-10: 1438426062
• Artikelnr.: 25865027

Autorenporträt

Mindy S. Bradley-Engen is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Arkansas.