Patricia Cline Cohen, Timothy J. Gilfoyle, and Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz ; in association with the American Antiquarian Society.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chicago :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Chicago Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (278 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Historical studies of urban America
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I. THE FLASH PRESS; 1 BEGINNINGS: RIVALRY AND SATIRE; 2 SEXUAL POLITICS; 3 TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS; 4 LEGACIES; PART II. FLASH PRESS EXCERPTS; 1 PURPOSES; 2 LIBERTINISM; 3 BROTHEL LIFE; 4 HETEROSEXUALITY; 5 GOSSIP, VITUPERATION, AND BLACKMAIL; 6 RACISM, ANTI-AMALGAMATION; 7 HOMOSEXUALITY; 8 INDICTMENTS; 9 SPORTS AND THEATER IN THE FLASH WORLD; 10 THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF JOHN H. MANNING; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPENDIX; NOTES; INDEX.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Obscene, libidinous, loathsome, lascivious. Those were just some of the ways critics described the nineteenth-century weeklies that covered and publicized New York Citys extensive sexual underworld. Publications like the Flash and the Whipdistinguished by a captivating brew of lowbrow humor and titillating gossip about prostitutes, theater denizens, and sporting eventswere not the sort generally bound in leather for future reference, and despite their popularity with an enthusiastic readership, they quickly receded into almost complete obscurity. Recently, though, two sizable collections of.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
MIL
Stock Number
195940
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Title
Flash press.
International Standard Book Number
0226112330
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Men's magazines-- New York (State)-- New York-- History-- 19th century.
Sensationalism in journalism-- New York (State)-- New York-- History-- 19th century.