The Year's Work in Showgirls Studies is a fan culture volume that deconstructs how and why Showgirls, a 1995 drama with a female lead bent on becoming a famous performer in Las Vegas, became a much-contested cult film despite being a critical failure when it released.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction, by Melissa Hardie, Meaghan Morris, and Kane RacePart I: Essays1. Getting It Just Right: Elizabeth Berkley's Ways of Knowing in Showgirls, by Anna Breckon2. Self-Shattering in Showgirls and Black Swan, by Kane Race3. "Ain't anyone ever been nice to you?": Discharging the Guilty Pleasure of Showgirls, by Kieryn McKay4. Badness, by Adrian Martin5. Showgirls, Showgirls 2, and the Fate of the Erotic Thriller, by Billy Stevenson6. Fifty Shades of Showgirls: Better Living through Mediation, by Melissa Hardie7. The Instability of Evil: Double Trouble and the Working Girl, by Meaghan MorrisPart II: Conversations8. The Accidental Showgirl: Reminiscing with Performer and Pioneer Feminist, Lynne Hutton-Williams, by Jane Chi Hyun Park and Shawna Tang9. "Fuck you! Pay me": Stripper Art and Storytelling Speaking Back from the Stage, by Zahra Stardust10. On Cliché, Camp, and Queer Temporality: Discussing Showgirls, by Kara Keeling and Meaghan MorrisPart III: Archive11. Loose Slots: Figuring the Strip in Showgirls, by Melissa Hardie12. Round Table: Showgirls, Film Quarterly 56, no. 3 (Spring 2003): 32-46Index