When combined with John Curra's text "The Relativity of Deviance" (1999, Sage Publications), Ms. Mattson's book "Ivy League Stripper" (Arcade, 1995; St. Martin's 1996) can prove valuable for faculty hoping to spark lively discussion in their undergraduate-level Social Deviance courses.
After beginning the semester with chapter 14 of Theoretical Criminology (Vold, Bernard, & Snipes, 1998 - Oxford University Press), I assign Ms. Mattson's book along with chapters 2 and 3 of Curra's text. My students and I subsequently discuss various concepts in the study of deviance (e.g., ethnocentricity, overidentification, stigma symbols, and relativistic thinking) in terms of Ms. Mattson's experiences as an exotic dancer and her heartfelt decision to be employed as such to pay her tuition at a prestigious Ivy League institution.
While Ms. Mattson's overly-broad discussion of critical, feministic theory is limited to only a few paragraphs (pp. 239-240 of the St. Martin's edition), I believe that she did so in order to retain the interest of her mainstream reading audience. However, I hope that at some point Ms. Mattson will consider expanding upon this section of her text, perhaps in the form of a "Reader" that presents various scholarly viewpoints in addition to her own.
In short, I believe that Ms. Mattson's work "Ivy League Stripper" serves as a useful resource for faculty striving to find material that challenges their students' preconceptions, prejudices, and personal moral compasses.