Spectacular Wickedness: Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville, New Orleans by Emily Epstein Landau

Spectacular Wickedness: Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville, New Orleans

Emily Epstein Landau

310 pages • first pub 2013 (view editions)

nonfiction history race travel challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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From 1897 to 1917 the red-light district of Storyville commercialized and even thrived on New Orleans's longstanding reputation for sin and sexual excess. This notorious neighborhood, located just outside of the French Quarter, hosted a diverse ca...

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