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Spectacular Wickedness : Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville, New Orleans /
From 1897 to 1917, the red-light district of Storyville commercialized and even thrived on New Orleans's longstanding reputation for sin and sexual excess. This notorious neighborhood, located just outside of the French Quarter, hosted a diverse cast of characters who reflected the cultural mil...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
[2013]
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | From 1897 to 1917, the red-light district of Storyville commercialized and even thrived on New Orleans's longstanding reputation for sin and sexual excess. This notorious neighborhood, located just outside of the French Quarter, hosted a diverse cast of characters who reflected the cultural milieu and complex social structure of turn-of-the-century New Orleans, a city infamous for both prostitution and interracial intimacy. In particular, Lulu White - a mixed-race prostitute and madam - created an image of herself and marketed it profitably to sell sex with light-skinned women to white men of means. The author examines the social history of this famed district within the cultural context of developing racial, sexual, and gender ideologies and practices. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (336 pages): maps, illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780807150153 |