ISBN:
0226322432
,
9780226322438
,
9780226322445
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 420 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Historical studies of urban America
Parallel Title:
Print version Slumming : Sexual and Racial Encounters in American Nightlife, 1885-1940
DDC:
305.8009773/11
Keywords:
Slums Social aspects
;
History
;
City and town life History
;
Slums Social aspects
;
History
;
City and town life History
;
Sex customs History
;
Sex customs History
;
New York (N.Y.) Race relations
;
Chicago (Ill.) Race relations
;
New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs
;
Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs
;
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Abstract:
During Prohibition, "Harlem was the 'in' place to go for music and booze," recalled the African American chanteuse Bricktop. "Every night the limousines pulled up to the corner," and out spilled affluent whites, looking for a good time, great jazz, and the unmatchable thrill of doing something disreputable. That is the indelible public image of slumming, but as Chad Heap reveals in this fascinating history, the reality is that slumming was far more widespread-and important-than such nostalgia-tinged recollections would lead us to believe. From its appearance as a "fashionable dissipation" cent
Description / Table of Contents:
The spatial dynamics of slumming and the emergence of commercial leisureInto the slums: the spatial organization, cultural geography, and regulation of a new urban pastime -- Beyond the slums: commercial leisure and the reorganization and policing of urban space -- The changing conceptualization of sexuality and race in the slumming vogues of Chicago and New York -- Adventures in the slums and red-light districts -- The search for Bohemian thrillage -- The Negro vogue: excursions into a "mysterious dark world" -- The pansy and lesbian craze in white and black.
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE The Spatial Dynamics of Slumming and the Emergence of Commercial Leisure; 1 Into the Slums: The Spatial Organization, Cultural Geography, and Regulation of a New Urban Pastime; 2 Beyond the Slums: Commercial Leisure and the Reorganization and Policing of Urban Space; PART TWO The Changing Conceptualization of Sexuality and Race in the Slumming Vogues of Chicago and New York; 3 Adventures in the Slums and Red-Light Districts; 4 The Search for Bohemian Thrillage; 5 The Negro Vogue: Excursions into a "Mysterious Dark World"
Description / Table of Contents:
6 The Pansy and Lesbian Craze in White and BlackEpilogue; Notes; List of Abbreviations in Notes; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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