TY - JOUR
T1 - Dancing for women
T2 - subverting heteronormativity in a lesbian erotic dance space?
AU - Pilcher, Katy
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - This article utilises participant observation, interview and collaborative visual data, collected with women erotic dancers, management and customers, to ascertain how far heteronormativity is subverted in a UK lesbian leisure space, Lippy (the name is a pseudonym), which provides erotic dance for women customers. The potential for a female 'gaze', the 'normativity' of gendered and sexualised bodies, and the notion of a 'women's space' are taken as areas for analysis. Women's engagement with erotic dance is complex, and this article examines the connections between sexual agency and gendered power relations, questioning how far women can exercise autonomous sexual expression in commercial sexual encounters. © The Author(s) 2012.
AB - This article utilises participant observation, interview and collaborative visual data, collected with women erotic dancers, management and customers, to ascertain how far heteronormativity is subverted in a UK lesbian leisure space, Lippy (the name is a pseudonym), which provides erotic dance for women customers. The potential for a female 'gaze', the 'normativity' of gendered and sexualised bodies, and the notion of a 'women's space' are taken as areas for analysis. Women's engagement with erotic dance is complex, and this article examines the connections between sexual agency and gendered power relations, questioning how far women can exercise autonomous sexual expression in commercial sexual encounters. © The Author(s) 2012.
KW - commercial sex
KW - leisure space
KW - heteronormativity
KW - ‘gaze’
KW - erotic dance
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UR - http://sex.sagepub.com/content/15/5-6/521
U2 - 10.1177/1363460712445979
DO - 10.1177/1363460712445979
M3 - Article
VL - 15
SP - 521
EP - 537
JO - Sexualities
JF - Sexualities
SN - 1363-4607
IS - 5-6
ER -