{"product_id":"the-years-work-in-showgirls-melissa-hardie-9780253068156","title":"The Year's Work in Showgirls Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Year's Work in\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Showgirls \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStudies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a fan culture volume that deconstructs how and why \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShowgirls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, a 1995 drama with a female lead bent on becoming a famous performer in Las Vegas, became a much-contested cult film despite being a critical failure when it released. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collection orchestrates a conversation between scholarly essay work and archival documentation offering a magnificent representation of the array of responses generated by the film, its makers, its promoters, and its audience. A multifaceted approach to the film, its popularity, and its social relevance results in a new text for understanding normative social hierarchies of sexuality, race, and gender. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Year's Work in\u003c\/i\u003e Showgirls \u003ci\u003eStudies\u003c\/i\u003e engages with the figurative and actual place of sex work and feminized affective labor in our society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Hardie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0253068150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253068156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 6.38w x 1.34d","brand":"Melissa Hardie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44634347208959,"sku":"9780253068156","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_efdd4f3b-8452-4cab-b9ba-f7de81ee0f21.jpg?v=1703588842","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-years-work-in-showgirls-melissa-hardie-9780253068156","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}