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Lap dancing - Climate change

Inside the lives of women who strip: Laurie Taylor hears from Rachela Colosi about her research into a lap dancing club. Also, how climate change will change British society.

Leering punters, seedy dives, cruel and crude objectification of women's bodies... the classic image of a strip joint does not leave much space for the notion that occasionally the women might enjoy the performances they give. However, a new ethnography of a lap dancing club in the North of England presents a slightly more complicated picture of life as a sexual entertainer. The sociologist Rachela Colosi worked as a dancer in the clubs she studied and her study offers a rare insiders account of the relationships between the dancers, with the management and the highs and lows, rewards and occasional despair of life as a stripper.
Also, Laurie Taylor will be talking to Marek Kohn about his predictions for the shape of British society in 2100 after global warming has brought its influence to bear.
Producer: Charlie Taylor.

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30 minutes

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Mon 26 Jul 2010 00:15

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  • Wed 21 Jul 2010 16:00
  • Mon 26 Jul 2010 00:15

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