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Neon Wasteland: On Love, Motherhood, and Sex Work in a Rust Belt Town First Edition

by Susan Dewey (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
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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 theories and methods to make sense of feminized labor, Neon Wasteland shows that sex work is part of the learned process by which some women come to believe that their self-esteem, material worth, and possibilities for life improvement are invested in their bodies.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0520266919
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0520266919
  3. Edition
    First Edition
  4. Publisher
    University of California Press
  5. Publication date
    February 7, 2011
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6 x 0.71 x 8.9 inches
  8. Print length
    282 pages
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“Dewey contributes to a growing wave of qualitative research on the sex industry.” ― Choice Published On: 2011-09-02

“Fresh. . . . As keen as it is thorough. . . . Neon Wasteland is a provocative, highly readable analysis.” -- Kate W. Read & Yasmina Katsulis, Arizona State University Tempe ― Social & Cultural Geography Published On: 2013-04-17

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"Through heartfelt ethnographic storytelling, Dewey provides a nuanced treatment of exotic dancers. This is a wonderful book." Patty Kelly, author of Lydia's Open Door: Inside Mexico's Most Modern Brothel

"Neon Wasteland is a riveting and compelling book. Dewey's reflections and analyses are richly descriptive and insightful. She poignantly relates the stories of these women but also never lets the reader forget the stark social inequalities that are part of these women's daily lives." Jennifer K. Wesely, PhD, co-author of Hard Lives, Mean Streets: Violence in the Lives of Homeless Women

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of California Press; First Edition (February 7, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 282 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0520266919
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0520266919
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.71 x 8.9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

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  • Beatrice
    3.0 out of 5 stars Academic Assessment of the Stripper World
    Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2015
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    This book is a sympathetic view of a working class strip club's employees. The location is a medium sized rust belt town in northern New York state.
    The author is an academic doing research on the topic of strip club dancers as a means of supporting themselves and their children in an area where well paid jobs are scarce. The women working in the club do not have education or social advantages, which is the reason (primarily) that they do this work. Although the author clearly sympathizes with the situation, the writing is very academic with lots of references to other works by academic professionals. I did not feel that it was a "fun" read, as many of the personal memoirs on the subject can be. This is your go to book if you are currently in college studying anthropology or sociology.
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