Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 A History of Desire Industries in New York City: Burlesque, the Public Sphere, and the Construction of Morality 11 2 Marketing Desire and Geographic Coding in the Bronx 21 3 Race, Exchange, and Cultural Capital 37 4 Same-Sex Desire: Race, Class, and Gender Performance 49 5 Reproducing Cyber Desire: The Role of Technology and Desire Industries 71 6 Labor Stratification in Desire Industries: Colorism, Citizenship, and Erotic Capital 87 7 Conclusion: Race Versus Taste: Symbolic Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era 99 Appendix 103 Notes 107 References 115 Index 121 vii ...