The Great Southern Babylon
Subtitle: Sex, Race, And Respectability in New Orleans, 1865-1920
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: September 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780807131121
Subjects: Family & relationships; Social History; First World War, 1914-1918; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; United States - State & Local - General; History: American; History; History - U.S.; Louisiana; United States - State & Local - South; Human Sexuality; New Orleans; Prostitution; Sex customs; Sex-oriented businesses
First sentence: The sexual status quo in antebellum New Orleans made all enslaved women vulnerable to their owners' sexual whims, while those sold as fancy girls were implicitly marketed as sexual slaves.