Spectacular Wickedness: Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville, New Orleans BDSM including conversations with a range

including conversations with a range of Russo's friends and family from brother Charlie Russo to comedian Lily Tomlin to pioneering activist and playwright Larry Kramer

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Spectacular Wickedness: Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville, New Orleans BDSM including conversations with a rangeFrom 1897 to 1917 the red light district of Storyville, located just outside of the French Quarter, hosted a diverse cast of characters who reflected the cultural milieu and complex social structure of turn of the century New Orleans, a city infamous for both prostitution and interracial intimacy. In Spectacular Wickedness, Emily Epstein Landau examines the social history of this famed district by looking at prostitution through the lens of patriarchy