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Images of sex work in early twentieth-century America : gender, sexuality and race in the storyville portraits /

"Storyville was the infamous red-light district of New Orleans. It was a world where normative social values didn't apply and was shrouded in mystery and myth until the photographs of E.J. Bellocq were rediscovered. Bellocq's depictions of Storyville's sex workers have typically...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Le Veque, Mollie (Autor)
Otros Autores: Bellocq, E. J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris, 2019.
Colección:International library of modern and contemporary art.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: (Self- )Representing Storyville Women Chapter 2: The 'White Slave' and the Question of Ambiguity Chapter 3: A Fog of Violence, Voyeurism, and Crime Chapter 4: The 'Paris-ification' of New Orleanian Vice
  • Conclusion
  • Notes Bibliography Index