Slumming : sexual and racial encounters in American nightlife, 1885-1940 / Chad Heap.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heap, Chad C., 1967-

Series:

Historical studies of urban America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex customs.

History.

City and town life.

Slums--Social aspects.

Slums.

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

Manners and customs.

Chicago (Ill.)--Social life and customs.

Chicago (Ill.).

Slums--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York--History.

Slums--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago--History.

City and town life--New York (State)--New York--History.

City and town life--Illinois--Chicago--History.

New York (N.Y.)--Race relations.

Race relations.

Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations.

Sex customs--New York (State)--New York--History.

Sex customs--Illinois--Chicago--History.

Illinois--Chicago.

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

xii, 420 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Contents:

The spatial dynamics of slumming and the emergence of commercial leisure

Into the slums: the spatial organization, cultural geography, and regulation of a new urban pastime

Beyond the slums: commercial leisure and the reorganization and policing of urban space

The changing conceptualization of sexuality and race in the slumming vogues of Chicago and New York

Adventures in the slums and red-light districts

The search for Bohemian thrillage

The Negro vogue: excursions into a "mysterious dark world"

The pay and lesbian craze in white and black.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-389) and index.

ISBN:

9780226322438

0226322432

OCLC:

87743019

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