Transnational Desires: Brazilian Erotic Dancers in New York
Suzana Maia
Transnational Desires: Brazilian Erotic Dancers in New York
Transnational Desires: Brazilian Erotic Dancers in New York
Suzana Maia
Descripción
Their motivation to migrate and to work as erotic dancers can also be understood in the context of a representational system, inaugurated in colonial times, that emphasizes the exoticism of Brazilian women--their bodies, their skin tone, their sexuality. These stereotypes are the props that Brazilian women use to construct their performances in Manhattan and Queens gentlemen's bars and the language through which they negotiate their relationships to society at large.
Transnational Desires focuses on the lives of nine Brazilian dancers with whom the author, herself a middle-class Brazilian, developed close relationships over the years. Maia examines their social relations both in the bar scene and with family, friends, and lovers outside. She shows that for these women erotic dancing is part of a life trajectory that involves negotiating their social position and life prospects in a fundamentally transnational social universe.
Detalles
| Formato | Tapa suave |
| Número de Páginas | 256 |
| Lenguaje | Inglés |
| Editorial | Vanderbilt University Press |
| Fecha de Publicación | 2012-06-18 |
| Dimensiones | 8.9" x 6.0" x 0.7" pulgadas |
| Letra Grande | No |
| Con Ilustraciones | No |
| Temas | Femenino, Hispano, América Latina, Latino, Medio Atlántico, Nueva York, Noreste de EE.UU., New York, N.Y., Estudios de Mujeres |
Acerca del Autor
Maia, Suzana
Suzana Maia is Professor of Anthropology at the Universidade Federal do Reconcavo da Bahia (UFRB), Brazil. She received her PhD from the City University of New York Graduate Center.Garantía & Otros
| Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
| Peso: | 0.408 kg |
| SKU: | 9780826518231 |
| Publicado en Unimart.com: | 02/11/23 |
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