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Author Dewey, Susan.

Title Neon wasteland : on love, motherhood, and sex work in a rust belt town / Susan Dewey
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 258 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Feminized Labor and the Classed Body; 3. Everyday Survival Strategies; 4. Being a Good Mother in a "Bad" Profession; 5. Pseudointimacy and Romantic Love; 6. Calculating Risks, Surviving Danger; 7. Body Work and the Feminization of Poverty; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Summary This path-breaking book examines the lives of five topless dancers in the economically devastated "rust belt" of upstate New York. With insight and empathy, Susan Dewey shows how these women negotiate their lives as parents, employees, and family members while working in a profession widely regarded as incompatible with motherhood and fidelity. Neither disparaging nor romanticizing her subjects, Dewey investigates the complicated dynamic of performance, resilience, economic need, and emotional vulnerability that comprises the life of a stripper. An accessibly written text that uses academic th
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Sex industry -- Social aspects -- Northeastern States -- Case studies
Women dancers -- Northeastern States -- Case studies
Women -- Northeastern States -- Social conditions -- Case studies
Women -- Family relationships -- Northeastern States -- Case studies
Self-perception in women -- Northeastern States -- Case studies
Femininity -- Case studies
PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Economic history
Femininity
Self-perception in women
Sex industry -- Social aspects
Social conditions
Women dancers
Women -- Family relationships
Women -- Social conditions
SUBJECT Northeastern States -- Social conditions
Northeastern States -- Economic conditions
Subject Northeastern States
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520948310
0520948319