Brothels, depravity, and abandoned women : illegal sex in antebellum New Orleans / Judith Kelleher Schafer.
- Schafer, Judith Kelleher, 1942-
- Date:
- [2009], ©2009
- Books
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Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2009], ©2009.
Physical description
xiii, 221 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-198) and index.
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."
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Location Status History of MedicineTV.673.AA8Open shelves
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- 9780807133972
- 0807133973