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Spectacular wickedness : sex, race, and memory in Storyville, New Orleans
- Author
- Landau, Emily Epstein, 1969-
- Title
- Spectacular wickedness : sex, race, and memory in Storyville, New Orleans / Emily Epstein Landau.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2013.
- Description
- xv, 310 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-294) and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction : land of dreams
- The promised land of harlotry
- The quadroon connection
- Public rights and public women
- Where the light and dark folks meet
- Diamond queen
- The last stronghold of the old regime
- Conclusion : farewell to Storyville.
- Kinsey subjects
- Prostitution history--New Orleans--20th century. Brothels--New Orleans--20th century.
- ISBN
- 9780807150146 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807150142 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780807150153 (pdf) 0807150150 (pdf) 9780807150160 (epub) 0807150169 (epub) 9780807150177 (mobi) 0807150177 (mobi)