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An 'accidental academic' strips stereotypes.
Feminist sociologist Dr. Bernadette Barton didn't grow up planning to become a professor. Like many women, she found her path by interaction of choice and chance.
At every step she has kept one foot in the "real" world. She saw the exotic dancers she interviewed for her doctoral research as complex individuals, not stereotypes or data points. Her resulting book--Stripped: Inside the Lives of Exotic Dancers (NYU Press 2006)--is engaging and accessible. Readers don't need an advanced degree to enjoy and learn from it.
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Life choices, happenstance and the second wave of feminism combined to bring her to Morehead State ...
- Learning to strip: the socialization experiences of exotic dancers.
- Magazine article from: The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality Lewis, Jacqueline March 22, 1998 700+ words
...like to thank all the women who took time away from...of socialization. For exotic dancers, achieving job competence...successful exotic dancer, women must also learn how to...socialization experiences of exotic dancers and the process of obtaining...
- Exotic dancers at forefront of picking hip-hop hits.
- Magazine article from: Jet Carpenter, Keri September 15, 2008 700+ words
...Hop's Hold On Young Black Women. "Less costly than radio...correlation," he explains of exotic dancers and hip-hop. The alliance...the main connection between exotic dancers and hip-hop is "the simple...that there's no doubt that exotic dancers are a key factor in ...
- Cluster of Tuberculosis Cases Among Exotic Dancers and Their Close Contacts --...
- Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report April 20, 2001 700+ words
...1994 to 2000 among women with a history of...clubs (i.e., exotic dancers) and persons who were close contacts of exotic dancers. This report describes...Eight patients were women (seven exotic dancers), seven were men...
- EXOTIC DANCERS' BOSS SAYS POLICE HIRED THEM.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) Horn, Dan June 28, 1997 700+ words
...adult entertainment business says her exotic dancers used to perform for the same police...several police departments of paying women from Brittany's Playmates in Sharonville...businesses that provide escort services and exotic dancers.
- California Exotic Dancers Make National History with Vote to...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Vasquez, Daniel September 2, 1996 700+ words
...a big thing in this business. These women didn't want to end up on the Internet...several dancers had already contacted the Exotic Dancers Alliance with their complaints. The...said Dawn Passar, co-founder of the Exotic Dancers Alliance, an advocacy group that joined...
- NIGHT SHIFT; AS EXOTIC DANCERS WORK IT IN CLUBS ACROSS THE U.S., FOOTWEAR...
- Magazine article from: Footwear News Breitkopf, Susan May 21, 2001 700+ words
...A scantily clad woman appears on stage...catering to these women, and business is...sandal that these women prefer. "Strippers...discussion about exotic dancers' footwear, but...shoes," because exotic dancers aren't the only...because I know women who wear them just...
- AUDIT CRITICAL OF TIPS TO EXOTIC DANCERS.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) April 9, 1989 700+ words
...unsolved cases, and is reimbursing them for tips they give exotic dancers, state Comptroller Edward Regan reported Saturday. Regan...criticized investigators for seeking reimbursement for tipping exotic dancers. However, authority officials pointed out that "the way...
- Nurses at Work.(giving hepatitis B vaccine to exotic dancers)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Berger, Joanne M. July 15, 2000 700+ words
...Toronto spend 4 hours a month giving hepatitis B vaccine to exotic dancers in the back room of a city strip club. At press time...counseling services if needed, might want to counsel the Exotic Dancers Alliance's spokeswoman. She was quoted as saying that...
