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I've Got to Make My Livin'
Cynthia Blair
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Description for I've Got to Make My Livin'
Hardcover. Explores African American women's sex work in Chicago during the decades of some of the city's most explosive growth, expanding not just our view of prostitution, but also of black women's labor, the Great Migration, black and white reform movements, and the emergence of modern sexuality. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 halftones, 10 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; JFMX; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
For many years, the interrelated histories of prostitution and cities have perked the ears of urban scholars, but until now the history of urban sex work has dealt only in passing with questions of race. In "I've Got to Make My Livin", Cynthia Blair explores African American women's sex work in Chicago during the decades of some of the city's most explosive growth, expanding not just our view of prostitution, but also of black women's labor, the Great Migration, black and white reform movements, and the emergence of modern sexuality. Focusing on the notorious sex districts of the city's south ... Read more
For many years, the interrelated histories of prostitution and cities have perked the ears of urban scholars, but until now the history of urban sex work has dealt only in passing with questions of race. In "I've Got to Make My Livin", Cynthia Blair explores African American women's sex work in Chicago during the decades of some of the city's most explosive growth, expanding not just our view of prostitution, but also of black women's labor, the Great Migration, black and white reform movements, and the emergence of modern sexuality. Focusing on the notorious sex districts of the city's south ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Historical Studies of Urban America
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226055985
SKU
V9780226055985
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About Cynthia Blair
Cynthia Blair is associate professor in the Department of African American Studies and the Department of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Reviews for I've Got to Make My Livin'
"I've Got to Make My Livin' is a splendid study of the historical interplay of city space, race, class, gender, and sexual politics during the industrial era. In this engaging work, Cynthia Blair creates a compelling portrait and persuasive argument for black women's participation in the underground sexual economy." - Elizabeth Clement, University of Utah.