Le Boogie Woogie : inside an after-hours club /

"The 'after-hours club' is a fixture of the African American ghetto. It is a semisecret, unlicensed 'spot' where 'regulars' and 'tourists' mingle with 'hustlers' to buy and use drugs long after regular bars are closed and the party has ended for...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Williams, Terry M. (Terry Moses), 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Series:Cosmopolitan life.
Subjects:
Le Boogie Woogie (Nightclub) > History.
1900-1999
Nightlife > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Cocaine abuse > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Vie nocturne > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > New York (État) > New York > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
Cocaïnomanie > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
African Americans > Social life and customs.
Cocaine abuse.
Manners and customs.
Nightlife.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Harlem.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The setting
  • The scene
  • The characters
  • After-hours now
  • Conclusion: a culture of refusal
  • acknowledgments
  • Appendix 1. Methodological appendix
  • Appendix 2. Field note samples
  • Appendix 3. Where are they now?
  • Glossary : slang at Le Boogie Woogie
  • Glossary : slang at Murphy's Bar
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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