Overview

Erotic Resistance celebrates the erotic performance cultures that have shaped San Francisco. It preserves the memory of the city's bohemian past and its essential role in the development of American adult entertainment by highlighting the contributions of women of color, queer women, and trans women who were instrumental in the city's labor history, as well as its LGBT and sex workers' rights movements. In the 1960s, topless entertainment became legal in the city for the first time in the US, though cross-dressing continued to be criminalized. In the 1990s, stripper-artist-activists led the first successful class action lawsuits and efforts to unionize. Gigi Otálvaro-Hormillosa uses visual and performance analysis, historiography, and ethnographic research, including participant observation as both performer and spectator and interviews with legendary burlesquers and strippers, to share this remarkable story.

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Author:   Gigi Otalvaro-Hormillosa
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780520398955

ISBN 10:   0520398955
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   20 February 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations  Acknowledgments  Prelude: Field Notes, May 5, 2016, “The Audition Marathon on Cinco de Mayo,” North Beach, San Francisco  Introduction  1. Sensual Knowledge Production: A Feminist Porn Archive and Queer Herstoriography  2. Erotic Altruism: Metamorphic and Sensuous Brown Bodies  Interlude: Feminist Art Praxis and Autotheory  3. Erotic Resistance: The 1990s Renaissance of Strip Club Activism  4. “Stripper-Face” and Performative Heterosexuality  Conclusion  Postlude: Final Field Notes, June 10, 2022, “Place-Based Writing,” San Francisco Neighborhoods 157 Notes  Bibliography  Index 

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Gigi Otálvaro-Hormillosa, PhD, is an artist-scholar who teaches and writes about art and activism, queer of color critique, erotic performance, and the intersections of mindfulness and creative practice. She holds a doctorate in Theater and Performance Studies from Stanford University, where she currently leads the LifeWorks Program for Integrative Learning.

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