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Neon wasteland : on love, motherhood, and sex work in a rust belt town / Susan Dewey.

Author: Dewey, Susan.

Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.

Descriptionxxii, 258 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Introduction -- Feminized labor and the classed body -- Everyday survival strategies -- Being a good mother in a "bad" profession -- Pseudointimacy and romantic love -- Calculating risks, surviving danger -- Body work and the feminization of poverty -- Conclusion.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-248) and index.



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