A 'sexy space' for women? Heterosexual women's experiences of a male strip show venue

Leisure Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-235

  Pilcher, Katy Elizabeth Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Gaze; Heterosexuality; Sexualised space; Strip club; Women's leisure

Indexed keywords

OUTDOOR RECREATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SEXUALITY; WOMENS STATUS;

ENGLAND; MIDLANDS [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952931896     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2010.512048     Document Type: Article

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