Transnational Desires: Brazilian Erotic Dancers in New York Book

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

The Women: In Transit 17

Part I Brazil, the Anti-postcard

1 Middle-Class Trajectories 31

2 Representing the Nation: Class, Race, and Sexuality 45

Part II The Bar Scene

3 Hierarchies of Bars and Bodies 59

4 Performing Seduction and National Identity 76

5 Women and Clients 102

Part III Beyond the Bar Scene

6 Ambivalent Relationships 123

7 Transnational Ties 152

8 Expanding Networks 172

Conclusion: Spaces of Betweenness 189

Notes 203

Bibliography 213

Index 223