Girl, Undressed: On Stripping in New York City - Softcover

Fowler, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143115650 ISBN 13: 9780143115656

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 2009

Synopsis

Girl, Undressed A young British woman-broke and out of luck-does battle with Manhattan's underworld of dancers, drugs, and the sex industry Ruth Fowler is a twenty-five-year-old Brit with a Cambridge degree and a middle-class background who arrives in New York City with dreams of becoming a journalist. But getting a work visa in post-9/11 America proves to be tricky. It doesn't take long for funds and incentive ... Full description

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Review:

" Excellent . . . Fowler's excoriating narrative quite effectively undermines perceptions of sex work as a viable form of postmodern female empowerment."
-The Guardian (London)

" Eyebrow-raising revelations abound in this sharp, racy, and relentlessly candid tale."
-Booklist (starred)

About the Author:

Ruth Fowler was raised in North Wales and graduated from Cambridge University. Under different pseudonyms she has written for various publications including The Guardian, The Observer, The Village Voice and Wired. As the strip club dancer "Mimi" she was the subject of a feature article in The New York Times.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0143115650
• ISBN 13: 9780143115656
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 265