Doing gender, doing class: The performance of sexuality in exotic dance clubs

Gender and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 771-788

  Trautner, Mary Nell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational culture; Sex work; Sexuality; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144474788     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243205277253     Document Type: Article

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