Devalued, deskilled and diversified: Explaining the proliferation of the strip industry in the UK

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 513-532

  Sanders, Teela ^a   Hardy, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Gender; Night; Sex industry; Stripping; Supply; Time economy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMODIFICATION; COST; DANCING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; COMMERCE; COMMODIFICATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DANCING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84865846349     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2012.01422.x     Document Type: Article

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