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

by Egan, R. Danielle

• ISBN13: 9781403970459
• ISBN10: 1403970459
• Format: Paperback
• 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

Acknowledgments	ix
Preface	xi
Introduction Dancing for Dollars and Paying for Love	1	(22)
Mapping the Architecture of Exotic Dance	23	(24)
Subjectivity Under the Black Light	47	(28)
``Bad Nights,'' ``Good Nights,'' and Feminist Possibilities	75	(20)
Money Men and Fantasy Girls	95	(28)
Looking For Love in All the Wrong Places	123	(20)
Conclusion Lessons Learned Under the Black Light	143	(6)
Notes	149	(12)
References	161	(10)
Index	171