Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry
"In this impressive study, Siobhan Brooks really thinks through the meanings of butch-femme, performances of pimp/ho dynamics, and race, class, and sexuality, and she links her analyses nicely to other work on Black lesbian genders. In stark contrast to other histories of same-sex spaces in the Bay Area, the focus here, exclusively upon women of color spaces, is original and groundbreaking. Brooks also has a very nice touch with theory and she leavens her whole study with insightful commentary on sex, gender, and the meaning of erotic labor. This is a superb book, well researched, well written, and with real contributions to make to the existing scholarship."  --Judith Halberstam, author ofIn a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives"In this impressive study, Siobhan Brooks really thinks through the meanings of butch-femme, performances of pimp/ho dynamics, and race, class, and sexuality, and she links her analyses nicely to other work on Black lesbian genders. Brooks has a very nice touch with theory and she leavens her whole study with insightful commentary on sex, gender, and the meaning of erotic labor. This is a superb book, well researched, well written, and with real contributions to make to the existing scholarship."  ---- Judith Halberstam, author ofIn a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives