On the Make

The Hustle of Urban Nightlife

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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David 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 expose of the smoke and mirrors employed in the city at night.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-05-30
Mått14 x 21 x 2 mm
Vikt369 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagThe University of Chicago Press
ISBN9780226306728

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"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)"