The great Southern Babylon : sex, race, and respectability in New Orleans 1865-1920

著者

    • Long, Alecia P.

書誌事項

The great Southern Babylon : sex, race, and respectability in New Orleans 1865-1920

Alecia P. Long

Louisiana State University Press, c2004

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全1件

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-268) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

With a well-earned reputation for tolerance of both prostitution and miscegenation, New Orleans became known as the Great Southern Babylon in antebellum times. Following the Civil War, a profound alteration in social and economic conditions gradually reshaped the city's sexual culture and erotic commerce. Historian Alecia P. Long traces sex in the Crescent City over fifty years, drawing from Louisiana Supreme Court case testimony to reveal intriguing tales of people both obscure and famous whose relationships and actions exemplify the era. Long introduces a black woman and white man whose thirty-year romance endured without benefit of legal or social sanction; an immigrant entrepreneur who became the wealthy impresario of lascivious concert saloons; a reform activist who supported quarantining prostitution, until city leaders established vice district boundaries in his backyard; a young prostitute who prospered as a Storyville madam while leading a double life as a respectable member of society; and mixed-race women who used their legendary allure as "octoroons" to make their fortunes. In weaving together these individual experiences, the author uncovers a connection between the ge

「Nielsen BookData」 より

ページトップへ