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Brothels, depravity, and abandoned women : illegal sex in antebellum New Orleans / Judith Kelleher Schafer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schafer, Judith Kelleher, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prostitution--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.
- Prostitution.
- Brothels--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.
- Brothels.
- Sex industry--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.
- Sex industry.
- Sex customs--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.
- Sex customs.
- Women--Louisiana--New Orleans--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Social conditions.
- History.
- New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions.
- New Orleans (La.).
- Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 221 pages), 8 unnumbered pages) of plates : illustrations, map
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2009]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 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."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-198) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
- OCLC:
- 609855706
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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