Document Journal: Between illusion and the studied art of the tease, strip clubs are the last bastion of the American Dream

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susan meiselas

Sep 19, 2023

"No matter what dreams the clubs promise, what they hold is more or less the same: lap dances, mirrored walls to create the illusion of something bigger, a series of private rooms. And yet, the fantasy endures—the idea that this time, almost anything could happen."

- Rachel Rabbit White, Document Journal

Between illusion and the studied art of the tease, strip clubs are the last bastion of the American Dream
Rachel Rabbit White explores the strip club's enduring fantasy of social and sexual upward mobility, both on-stage and off
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Susan Meiselas
PHOTOGRAPHER

Susan Meiselas

Susan Meiselas is a documentary photographer and President of the Magnum Foundation

Susan Meiselas PHOTOGRAPHER

Susan Meiselas

Susan Meiselas is a documentary photographer and President of the Magnum Foundation

Susan Meiselas
PHOTOGRAPHER