St. Lawrence University Prof Explores 'Exotic Dance' in Two New Books.

(From AScribe)

CANTON, N.Y. -- In two new books, a sociology professor at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, explores an aspect of American culture that is both out in the open and hidden in shadow - exotic dance.

Danielle Egan, assistant professor of sociology, is the author of "Dancing for Dollars and Paying for Love: The Relationships Between Exotic Dancers and Their Regulars," published in January by Palgrave Macmillan. She is also one of three editors of a book of essays, "Flesh For Fantasy: Producing and Consuming Exotic Dance," published in January by Thunder's Mouth Press.

"My work on exotic dance emerged from my interest in the …