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American Sociological Review· 2015Q1

Working for Free in the VIP

Ashley Mears

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Unpaid women in VIP nightclubs perform valuable labor for promoters, who appropriate surplus value through recruitment, mobilization, performance, and control, framing their work as leisure and friendship.

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Field: Museology

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