Stripping, sex and popular culture

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Marie/Foxy -- The strip club -- Stripping: demeaning and/or empowering? -- The work of a stripper: six-inch heels and pole tricks -- "A lot of guys just want to talk" and (other) reality costs of stripping -- Where fantasy becomes reality -- Stripping and popular culture -- Striptease culture: thongs for everywoman -- Strippers, whores, and sluts: "Call off your old tired ethics" -- At the feet of the goddess: stripping, sex, and spirituality -- Conclusion: take it off! -- Notes -- Appendix -- Select bibliography and further reading -- Index.