Dancing for Dollars and Paying for Love The Relationships between Exotic Dancers and Their Regulars

by Egan, R. Danielle

• ISBN13: 9781403970442
• ISBN10: 1403970440
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-22
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book takes an in-depth look at the relationships exotic dancers have with their regular customers, and explores the limits of using feminist theory to discuss sex work. Incorporating interviews, personal accounts, and field notes, Egan sheds light on the feminist debates on sex work and women's power. She focuses in on the dynamics of desire and fantasy in exotic dance clubs to illustrate the complexity of gendered relations in everyday life. This is an accessible, revealing, and new look at a perennially intriguing and divisive subject--ideal teaching material for undergraduate courses in a variety of fields.

Author Biography

R. Danielle Egan is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. She is the co-editor with Katherine Frank and Merri, L. Johnson of the anthology Flesh for Fantasy: The Production and Consumption of Exotic Dance. Egan has published work in Critical Sociology, Body and Society, Deviant Behavior and The Journal of Psychoanalysis, Society and Culture. In addition to her work on exotic dance, she has written on post 9/11 rhetoric, pedagogy, and popular culture.

Table of Contents

Foreword * Introduction: Dancing for Dollars and Paying for Love * Ending up in a Place Like This: Mapping the Social Cartographies of the Clubs * Inside and Outside the Exotic Dance Club: Subjective Modalities and Their Slippage * "I Am a Dancer and a Feminist": Liminal Experiences and Feminist Empowerment * Desiring Subjects and Fantasy Objects: Exploring Lack and Power * Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: Regulars, Love, and Masochism * Conclusion: What We Can Learn from Exotic Dancers * Appendix: Methodology * End Notes * Bibliography

Foreword * Introduction: Dancing for Dollars and Paying for Love * Ending Up In A Place Like This: Mapping the Social Cartographies of the Clubs * Inside and Outside the Exotic Dance Club: Subjective Modalities and Their Slippage * "I am a Dancer and a Feminist:" Liminal Experiences and Feminist Empowerment * Desiring Subjects and Fantasy Objects: Exploring Lack and Power * Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: Regulars, Love and Masochism * Conclusion: What We Can Learn from Exotic Dancers * Appendix: Methodology * End Notes * Bibliography