Ricardo Torres, in class presentation, 2 of 2

The article Resistance under the Black Light Exploring the Use of Music in Two Exotic Dance Clubs is about how exotic dancers in New England use music in their work for their advantage. This study is based of four years of research 1996-2000. The researcher didn't tell the owners and the customers that he was a researcher. The researcher conducted her research in two exotic dance clubs. In the first club she observed 120 hours over a three-month period. She blended into the scene will doing so she interviewed 17 dancers that were women. In the second club, the research participated as a dancer. She spent 340 hours in the field. Also, she worked during different times of the day to capture all of the dancers and customers. She conducted 19 interviews with women dancers. Not like the other club she was able to conduct interviews with regular customers—14 total interviews.  In result, the exotic dancers used the music to express their discontent over workplace inequality and gendered interactions in the clubs. They basically used the music to protect themselves allow them to tell their customers and owners to "fuck off".  

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