Lawrence University in Canton, New York. She is the co-editor with Katherine Frank and Merri, L. Johnson of the anthology "Flesh for Fantasy: The Production and Consumption of Exotic Dance," Egan has published work in "Critical Sociology," "Body and Society," "Deviant Behavior" and "The Journal of Psychoanalysis, Society and Culture," In addition to her work on exotic dance, she has written on post 9/11 rhetoric, pedagogy, and popular culture. Katherine Frank's most recent biography, "A Passage to Egypt: The Life of Lucie Duff Gordon", earned a rave front-page review in the "New York Times Book Review". Frank is also the author of "A Voyager Out", a life of Mary Kingsley, & "A Chainless Soul", a life of Emily Bronte, which was hailed by New York Daily News. Her work on "Indira" involved six years of extensive travel & research.