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Performing in a night-time leisure venue : a visual analysis of erotic dance
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Pilcher, Katy Elizabeth Mary (2012) Performing in a night-time leisure venue : a visual analysis of erotic dance. Sociological Research Online, Volume 17 (Number 2). Article 19. doi:10.5153/sro.2695 ISSN 1360-7804.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5153/sro.2695
Abstract
This article analyses a range of different meanings attached to images of erotic dance, with a particular focus on the 'impression management' (Goffman 1959) enacted by dancers. It presents a visual analysis of the work of a female erotic performer in a lesbian erotic dance venue in the UK. Still photographs, along with observational data and interviews, convey the complexity and skill of an erotic dancer's diverse gendered and sexualised performances. The visual data highlights the extensive 'aesthetic labour' (Nickson et al. 2001) and 'emotional labour' (Hochschild 1983) the dancer must put in to constructing her work 'self'. However, a more ambitious use of the visual is identified: the dancer's own use of images of her work. This use of the visual by dancers themselves highlights a more complex 'impression management' strategy undertaken by a dancer and brings into question the separation of 'real' and 'work' 'selves' in erotic dance.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Sociological Research Online | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1360-7804 | ||||
Official Date: | May 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 17 | ||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||
Page Range: | Article 19 | ||||
DOI: | 10.5153/sro.2695 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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