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Unequal desires : race and erotic capital in the stripping industry

Author
Brooks, Siobhan, 1972-
Title
Unequal desires : race and erotic capital in the stripping industry / Siobhan Brooks.
Format
Book
Published
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.
Description
ix, 125 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index. Water damaged.
Contents
  • History of desire industries in New York City : burlesque, the public sphere, and the construction of morality
  • Marketing desire and geographic coding in the Bronx
  • Race, exchange, and cultural capital
  • Same-sex desire : race, class, and gender performance
  • Reproducing cyber desire : the role of technology and desire industries
  • Labor stratification in desire industries : colorism, citizenship, and erotic capital
  • Conclusion: Race versus taste : symbolic racism in the post-civil rights era.
Kinsey subjects
Afroamericans--Female. Striptease. Ethnic groups. Erotica industry.
ISBN
9781438432151 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1438432151 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781438432144 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1438432143 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
792.7 B76 u5 2010
Location
Auxiliary Library Facility - Kinsey Institute