Displaying 1 of 1 2009 Author: Schafer, Judith Kelleher, 1942- Title: Brothels, depravity, and abandoned women : illegal sex in antebellum New Orleans / Judith Kelleher Schafer. Publisher, Date: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2009. Description: xiii, 221 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm. Subjects: Prostitution -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History. Brothels -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History. Sex-oriented businesses -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History. Sex customs -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History. Women -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions. New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions. Notes: 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." LCCN: 2008031983 ISBN: 9780807133972 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807133973 (cloth : alk. paper) Other Number: 237048367 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 391204 Call Number: 364.1534 S296b Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
