{"product_id":"neon-wasteland-susan-dewey-9780520266902","title":"Neon Wasteland: On Love, Motherhood, and Sex Work in a Rust Belt Town","description":"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, \u003ci\u003eNeon Wasteland\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Dewey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520266900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520266902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2011","brand":"Susan Dewey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44966099681535,"sku":"9780520266902","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e300cc85-7e92-4383-b9a9-d4f50e1eabc1.jpg?v=1711158858","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/neon-wasteland-susan-dewey-9780520266902","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}