{"product_id":"the-years-work-in-showgirls-studies-paperback","title":"The Year's Work in Showgirls Studies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelissa Hardie\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMeaghan Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKane Race\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Year's Work in\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Showgirls \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStudies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a fan culture volume that deconstructs how and why \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShowgirls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, a 1995 drama with a female lead bent on becoming a famous performer in Las Vegas, became a much-contested cult film despite being a critical failure when it released. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collection orchestrates a conversation between scholarly essay work and archival documentation offering a magnificent representation of the array of responses generated by the film, its makers, its promoters, and its audience. A multifaceted approach to the film, its popularity, and its social relevance results in a new text for understanding normative social hierarchies of sexuality, race, and gender. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Year's Work in\u003c\/i\u003e Showgirls \u003ci\u003eStudies\u003c\/i\u003e engages with the figurative and actual place of sex work and feminized affective labor in our society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelissa Hardie is Associate Professor of English at the University of Sydney. Her recent work appears in \u003ci\u003eAustralian Humanities Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTextual Practice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilm Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAngelaki\u003c\/i\u003e and her most recent book chapter (with Amy Villarejo) appears in \u003ci\u003eTelevision Studies in Queer Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eMeaghan Morris is Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney. She is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pirate's Fianc馥: Feminism, Reading, Postmodernism\u003c\/i\u003e; of \u003ci\u003eToo Soon Too Late: History in Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e; and of \u003ci\u003eIdentity Anecdotes: Translation and Media Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eKane Race is Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney. He is author of \u003ci\u003ePleasure Consuming Medicine: The Queer Politics of Drugs\u003c\/i\u003e; of \u003ci\u003eThe Gay Science: Intimate Experiments with the Problem of HIV\u003c\/i\u003e; and (with Gay Hawkins and Emily Potter) of \u003ci\u003ePlastic Water: The Social and Material Life of Bottled Water\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 428\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 7.01 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47343921529081,"sku":"9780253068163","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/X9ShpuIMUC9780253068163.webp?v=1769725072","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-years-work-in-showgirls-studies-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}