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Dancing for Dollars and Paying for Love

The Relationships between Exotic Dancers and their Regulars

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  • © 2006

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  1. R. Danielle Egan
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: Dancing for Dollars and Paying for Love

    • R. Danielle Egan
    Pages 1-21

  3. Mapping the Architecture of Exotic Dance

    • R. Danielle Egan
    Pages 23-46

  4. Subjectivity Under the Black Light

    • R. Danielle Egan
    Pages 47-73

  5. “Bad Nights,” “Good Nights,” and Feminist Possibilities

    • R. Danielle Egan
    Pages 75-93

  6. Money Men and Fantasy Girls

    • R. Danielle Egan
    Pages 95-121

  7. Looking For Love in All the Wrong Places

    • R. Danielle Egan
    Pages 123-142

  8. Conclusion: Lessons Learned Under the Black Light

    • R. Danielle Egan
    Pages 143-148

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 149-174
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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. 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.

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'From the vantage point of both scholar and erotic dancer, Danielle Egan takes us inside the world of the erotic dance club. At once a consumer space, a sex site, a work environment, and an emotional and psychoanalytic goldmine, Egan brings this fascinating environment to life and our understanding of erotic labor to a whole new level.' - Juliet Schor, Department of Sociology, Boston College, and author of The Overspent American

' Wielding a brave new path through the contentious fields of misinformation and polemical debate about exotic dance specifically, and sex work more generally, Egan weaves a sophisticated but accessible theoretical and ethnographic tapestry. I highly recommend Dancing for Dollars and Paying for Love to scholars, students, and readers who are hungry for an informative and compelling read.' - Kathryn Hausbeck, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada

'Danielle Egan 'hooks' the reader through a strikingly intimate narrative constructed from her scholarship, her dancer experience and from the voices of her co-dancers and their regulars. A blue-print for 'the doing of sociology' for teachers and students alike ... groundbreaking in studies of sexuality." - Gail Hawkes, University of New England, Australia.' - Gail Hawkes, University of New England, Australia

About the author

DANIELLE EGAN is Assistant Professor of Sociology at St. Lawrence University, USA. Her work has appeared in journals such as Critical Sociology, Body and Society and Sexualities.

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