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Brothels, depravity, and abandoned women

by Schafer, Judith Kelleher,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : Louisiana State University Press, (Baton Rouge :) Physical details: xiii, 221 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map.
Subject(s): 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. | Electronic books.
Year: 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-198) and index.

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."

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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