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OverviewDavid Grazian’s riveting tour of downtown Philadelphia and its newly bustling nightlife scene reveals the city as an urban playground where everyone dabbles in games of chance and perpetrates elaborate cons. Entertainment in the city has evolved into a professional industry replete with set designers, stage directors, and method actors whose dazzling illusions tempt even the shrewdest of customers. As entertaining and illuminating as the confessional stories it recounts, On the Make is a fascinating exposé of the smoke and mirrors employed in the city at night. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Grazian (University of Pennsylvania)Publisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 1.40cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.10cm Weight: 0.369kg ISBN: 9780226306728ISBN 10: 0226306720 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 30 May 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsTaking readers to strip clubs, gay bars, the poshest of the posh and a few dives for good measure, this book is a bit like a month of free nights out: the pleasure of the hustle without any of the hassle. (Publishers Weekly) A smart piece of urban sociology as well as a sobering existential comment on the contemporary commodification of the self. (Choice) A creepily fascinating study of the industry and rituals of the Philadelphia club scene.... Grazian has a keen eye for the deceptive interplay between the real and ideal. (Toronto Star) A dazzling and sometimes disturbing portrait of young adults in the urban glamour zone. (Playboy) """Taking readers to strip clubs, gay bars, the poshest of the posh and a few dives for good measure, this book is a bit like a month of free nights out: the pleasure of the hustle without any of the hassle."" (Publishers Weekly) ""A smart piece of urban sociology as well as a sobering existential comment on the contemporary commodification of the self."" (Choice) ""A creepily fascinating study of the industry and rituals of the Philadelphia club scene.... Grazian has a keen eye for the deceptive interplay between the real and ideal."" (Toronto Star) ""A dazzling and sometimes disturbing portrait of young adults in the urban glamour zone."" (Playboy)""" Author InformationDavid Grazian is associate professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of Blue Chicago: The Search for Authenticity in Urban Blues Clubs, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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