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Title: Lapdancer by Juliana Beasley ISBN: 1-57687-139-8 Publisher: powerHouse Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great journey through words and photographs
Comment: Like all the other reviewers have said, this book is a must read. Check it out now!
Rating: 5
Summary: a realistic look
Comment: When I first got my copy of Lapdancer, I looked at every picture without reading the text. The pictures are certainly gritty, depressing and both the men and women appear hard, ugly and sometimes pathetic. I must also note at this point that to take pictures of dancers and customers in a working strip club (and enough pictures to make a book), is extremely rare and should be commended right from the start.
Then I read the accompanying text. Beasley herself was a realistic dancer who did not fool herself into any mind games. She worked for her money and worked hard. Most of the other strippers that she knew seemed to have the same pragmatic attitude. There is little posturing in this book about control, feminist politics, society at large, her personal relationships or how her life was changed, other than the fact that she made this book.
She also collected numerous stories from both dancers and customers and these stories accompany the majority of the pictures, making up the main text of the book. The men always seem to end up heartbroken, or at least with a bruised ego. The women, if not talking about a personal relationship, are simply working. To make money they know they have to play a certain game and they do. Sometimes they recount things that happened on the job that were shocking or hurtful to them. If you want sweeping social generalizations, then you could see this as the War Between the Sexes stripped down to the bare bones. But those are my words, Beasley does not make these claims. She simply presents what she has experienced.
Overall, this is a very honest look at the strip club dynamic. While most clubs in America are topless clubs, not nude lapdance clubs, the words of this book ring true. The pictures are extreme, to me, since this was not my reality while I danced. I can appreciate the honesty which comes through, however. I would give it 10 stars if they had that many, so for now, five will have to do.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Dark Side of the Strip Joint.
Comment: Lapdancer is an awesome book of photography that perfectly, and realistically captures the heart and the subculture of stripping . The stories are surreal, as are the photographs themselves. The desperation of the pathetic patrons of these seedy joints comes out well. Their bloated faces, and frat boy outfits each tell a thousand different stories. This is not erotic, but gritty, and you feel for both the dancers and the customers. Why a strip joint patron would spend thousands of dollars on a stripper who he isnt going to ever have sex with is beyond me. But the book takes the reader behind the scenes, and captures exactly what the red light district is all about. And thats money. Many, many shots of the girls back in the dressing rooms counting outrageous sums of money for a few moments of gyrating above a desperate man. But the shots of the customers make the book worth buying. These guys remind me of everything I refuse to be. Fantastic art, beautiful, even haunting photographs, and a quick glimpse into the dirty, seedy world of strippers and the fools who worship them.
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Title: Bare : On Women, Dancing, Sex, and Power by Elisabeth Eaves ISBN: 0375412336 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America by Lily Burana ISBN: 0786886757 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 19 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Brothels of Nevada: Candid Views of America's Legal Sex Industry by Timothy Hursley, Alexa Albert ISBN: 1568984189 Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Naked Happy Girls by Andrew Einhorn, Emma Jane Taylor ISBN: 3936709033 Publisher: Scb Distributors Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $37.95 |
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Title: G-Strings and Sympathy: Strip Club Regulars and Male Desire by Katherine Frank ISBN: 0822329727 Publisher: Duke Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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