The Dialectical Gaze: Exploring the subject-object tension in the performances of women who strip

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-335

  Murphy, Alexandra G ^a  

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Author keywords

Communication; Ethnography; Exotic dance; Gender; Organization; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037779577     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241603032003003     Document Type: Review

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