hustling in a 'shady' hotel
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Urban Life
- Magazine Year
- 1979
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Creator
- Prus, Robert C.
- Creator
- Vassilakopoulos, Steve
- Shelfmark
- D 130/99
- Thesaurus
- prostituees, horeca, sociologie, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- The authors present an interactionist-oriented ethnographic account of hustling in a hotel community, depicting the interrelatedness of desk clerks and prostitutes within the more general hotel setting. Various components of the hustle are articulated, as are the ways in which disruptions are handled.