Slumming : sexual and racial encounters in American nightlife, 1885-1940 / Chad Heap.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Historical studies of urban AmericaPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.Description: xii, 420 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780226322438 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226322432 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.8009773/11 22
LOC classification:
  • F128.5 .H43 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
The spatial dynamics of slumming and the emergence of commercial leisure -- Into 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-389) and index.

The spatial dynamics of slumming and the emergence of commercial leisure -- Into 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.

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