Sexworkers and Dope: An Ethnography of Heroin Using Lap Dancers in New York City

Frenken, Geerte M. N.; Sifaneck, Stephen J.

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“…The semi‐structured interview guide drew upon broad themes of work experiences (McCracken, 1988), many of which were areas covered by other studies on sex work and exotic dancers (motivations, strategies to secure dancers and relationships with others) See for example, the work of Boles and Garbin (1974), Bruckert (2002), Forsyth and Deshotels (1997), Frenken and Sifaneck (1998), Ronai and Ellis (1989), and Skipper and McCaghy (1970).…”

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Doing Gender Well and Differently in Dirty Work: The Case of Exotic Dancing

Mavin

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2011

Gender Work & Organization

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Exotic dancing, as a form of sex work, can be considered dirty work that is physically, morally and socially tainted. For some dirty workers, exaggerating aspects of the work associated with masculinity or femininity can re-position the work as clean, good work and serve as a strategy for dirty workers to construct positive self-identities. This process however, is not easy or effective for all dirty workers. We consider the experiences of 21 exotic dancers and theorize that the doing of gender well (exaggerated expressions of masculinity or femininity in congruence with sex role) can be a strategy for some dirty workers to re-position their work into good work (or less dirty), while for others (specifically these exotic dancers) the doing of gender well, will have different consequences. In doing this, we also explore the possibilities of doing gender differently for these exotic dancers and extending this to our understanding of other types of sex work and dirty work.

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“…2 2 For various definitions of sex work see the work of Brewis and Linstead (2002), Chapkis (1997), Frenken and Sifaneck (1998), Maticka‐Tyndale Lewis et al . (2000), and Weitzer (2000).…”

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Doing Gender Well and Differently in Dirty Work: The Case of Exotic Dancing

Mavin

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2011

Gender Work & Organization

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“…Body dissatisfaction was related to low self-esteem. Frenken and Sifaneck (1998) took the life histories of five heroinusing lap-dancers from drug-using families at one club. They report that heroin often facilitates physical and psychological sexual expression but then physical appearance and self-image eventually deteriorate.…”

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Dance and Sexuality: Many Moves

Hanna

2010

Journal of Sex Research

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This literature review of dance and sexual expression considers dance and religion, dance and sexuality as a source of power, manifestations of sexuality in Western theater art and social dance, plus ritual and non-Western social dance. Expressions of gender, sexual orientation, asexuality, ambiguity, and adult entertainment exotic dance are presented. Prominent concerns in the literature are the awareness, closeting, and denial of sexuality in dance; conflation of sexual expression and promiscuity of gender and sexuality, of nudity and sexuality, and of dancer intention and observer interpretation; and inspiration for infusing sexuality into dance. Numerous disciplines (American studies, anthropology, art history, comparative literature, criminology, cultural studies, communication, dance, drama, English, history, history of consciousness, journalism, law, performance studies, philosophy, planning, retail geography, psychology, social work, sociology, and theater arts) have explored dance and sexual expression, drawing upon the following concepts, which are not mutually exclusive: critical cultural theory, feminism, colonialism, Orientalism, postmodernism, poststructuralism, queer theory, and semiotics. Methods of inquiry include movement analysis, historical investigation, anthropological fieldwork, autoethnography, focus groups, surveys, and self-reflection or autobiographical narrative. Directions for future exploration are addressed.

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“…The interview guide drew upon broad themes of work experiences (McCracken, 1988), many of which were areas covered by researchers exploring sex workers and more specifically exotic dancers (e.g. motivations, strategies employed in securing dances) (Boles and Garbin, 1974;Bruckert, 2002;Forsyth and Deshotels, 1997;Frenken and Sifaneck, 1998;Skipper and McCaghy, 1970).…”

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Emotion management as struggle in dirty work: the experiences of exotic dancers

Grandy

Mavin

2014

IJWOE

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Abstract:We further the research to date on ambiguity, ambivalence and contradiction in organisation studies by integrating the dirty work and emotion management literatures. Our intent is to better understand the complex cognitive processes underpinning everyday experiences of those working in what has been perceived to be a high-breadth high-depth stigmatised occupation, that is, exotic dancing. Dancers' stories reveal they are acutely aware of social and moral taint associated with the work and in turn their self-identities. They adopt a number of strategies to manage their spoiled identities and we contribute by unpicking the cognitive processes that underpin these strategies. In extending strategies of emotional ambivalence at work and stigma management, we conclude that through a lens of emotion management as struggle, exotic dancers, and more broadly dirty workers, do not 'resolve' the ambivalence, contradiction and ambiguity they confront but can be seen to experience at best a type of contingent coherence in their everyday work.

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Sexworkers and Dope: An Ethnography of Heroin Using Lap Dancers in New York City

Cited by 9 publications

References 10 publications

Doing Gender Well and Differently in Dirty Work: The Case of Exotic Dancing

Doing Gender Well and Differently in Dirty Work: The Case of Exotic Dancing

Dance and Sexuality: Many Moves

Emotion management as struggle in dirty work: the experiences of exotic dancers

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