Brothels, depravity, and abandoned women: illegal sex in antebellum New Orleans
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Main Author: Schafer, Judith Kelleher (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press c2009
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-198) and index
Selling sex and the law -- "Disgusting depravity" : sex across the color line -- The sexual exploitation of children -- Infamous public women -- Larceny and robbery among prostitutes -- Violent lives -- The murder of a "lewd and abandoned woman" : State of Louisiana v. Abraham Parker -- Keeping a brothel in antebellum New Orleans -- "An ordinance concerning lewd and abandoned women."
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 221 p., [8] p. of plates)
ISBN:0807135038
9780807135037

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