The great Southern Babylon : sex, race, and respectability in New Orleans, 1865-1920 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Long, Alecia P., 1966-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2004]
Subjects:	Prostitution > Louisiana > New Orleans > History. Sex-oriented businesses > Louisiana > New Orleans > History. Sex customs > Louisiana > New Orleans > History. Women > Louisiana > New Orleans > Social conditions. African Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans > Social conditions. Miscegenation > Louisiana > New Orleans > History. Social status > Louisiana > New Orleans > History. New Orleans (La.) > Race relations. New Orleans (La.) > Social life and customs. New Orleans (La.) > Social conditions.

Table of Contents:

It's because you are a colored woman : sex, race, and concubinage after the Civil War
The business of pleasure : concert saloons and sexual commerce in the economic mainstream
Where the least harm can result : sex, race, and respectability in a single neighborhood
Unusual situations and remarkable people : Mary Deubler, respectability, and the history of Storyville
As rare as white blackbirds : Willie Piazza, race, and reform in Storyville.