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The naked result : how exotic dance became big business /

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"We have grown accustomed to corporate influence in retail outlets, restaurants, and even higher education-but what happens when corporations take over desire? The Naked Result: How Exotic Dance Became Big Business explores the changing world of striptease, tracing its path from the unruly unde...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berson, Jessica (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Striptease > History.
Striptease > Economic aspects.
Striptease > Histoire.
Striptease > Aspect économique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Striptease
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: stripping, sex, and Starbucks
  • 2. Live nude girls: notes on being a naked participant-observer
  • 3. Dancing sexy: difference and desire in two Connecticut clubs
  • 4. Introducing McStripping: corporeality, corporations, and the advent of the lap dance in the United Kingdom
  • 5. Dancing in the Combat Zone: exotic dance, nostalgia, and urban renewal
  • 6. Taking stock: striptease, stratification, and the NASDAQ
  • 7. Pasties and pixels: striptease and the mainstream
  • Works cited
  • Index.