Crescent City girls : the lives of young Black women in segregated New Orleans /
Simmons, LaKisha Michelle,
Crescent City girls : the lives of young Black women in segregated New Orleans / LaKisha Michelle Simmons. - 1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps - Gender and American culture . - Gender & American culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index.
Introduction: growing up within the double bind, 1930-1954 -- Suppose they don't want us here? Mental mapping of Jim Crow New Orleans -- A street where girls were meddled: insults and street harassment -- Defending her honor: interracial sexual violence, silences, and respectability -- The geography of niceness: morality, anxiety, and Black girlhood -- Relationships unbecoming of a girl her age: sexual delinquency and the house of the good shepherd -- Make-believe land: pleasure in Black girl's lives -- Epilogue: Jim Crow girls, Hurricane Katrina women.
What was it like to grow up black and female in the segregated South? To answer this question, LaKisha Simmons blends social history and cultural studies, recreating children's streets and neighbourhoods within Jim Crow New Orleans and offering a rare look into black girls' personal lives.
English.
9781469622828 (electronic bk.) 1469622823 (electronic bk.) 9781469622811 (ebook) 1469622815 (ebook)
22573/ctt14rbh0m JSTOR 567FA1BC-9F9B-4118-B1BF-69CE6FBBE009 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2015003751
1900-1999
African American women--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
African Americans--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
Women--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
African American women--Social conditions--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
Women--Social conditions--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
Racism--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
Noires américaines--Histoire--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans--20e siècle.
Noirs américains--Histoire--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans--20e siècle.
Femmes--Histoire--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans--20e siècle.
Noires américaines--Conditions sociales--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans--20e siècle.
Noirs américains--Conditions sociales--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans--20e siècle.
Femmes--Conditions sociales--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans--20e siècle.
Racisme--Histoire--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans--20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
HISTORY--State & Local--South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)--United States
African American women.
African American women--Social conditions.
African Americans.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Race relations.
Racism.
Social conditions.
Women.
Women--Social conditions.
New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions--20th century.
New Orleans (La.)--Race relations.
Louisiana--New Orleans.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
F379.N59 / N447 2015eb
305.48/896073076335
Crescent City girls : the lives of young Black women in segregated New Orleans / LaKisha Michelle Simmons. - 1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps - Gender and American culture . - Gender & American culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index.
Introduction: growing up within the double bind, 1930-1954 -- Suppose they don't want us here? Mental mapping of Jim Crow New Orleans -- A street where girls were meddled: insults and street harassment -- Defending her honor: interracial sexual violence, silences, and respectability -- The geography of niceness: morality, anxiety, and Black girlhood -- Relationships unbecoming of a girl her age: sexual delinquency and the house of the good shepherd -- Make-believe land: pleasure in Black girl's lives -- Epilogue: Jim Crow girls, Hurricane Katrina women.
What was it like to grow up black and female in the segregated South? To answer this question, LaKisha Simmons blends social history and cultural studies, recreating children's streets and neighbourhoods within Jim Crow New Orleans and offering a rare look into black girls' personal lives.
English.
9781469622828 (electronic bk.) 1469622823 (electronic bk.) 9781469622811 (ebook) 1469622815 (ebook)
22573/ctt14rbh0m JSTOR 567FA1BC-9F9B-4118-B1BF-69CE6FBBE009 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
2015003751
1900-1999
African American women--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
African Americans--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
Women--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
African American women--Social conditions--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
Women--Social conditions--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
Racism--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--20th century.
Noires américaines--Histoire--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans--20e siècle.
Noirs américains--Histoire--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans--20e siècle.
Femmes--Histoire--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans--20e siècle.
Noires américaines--Conditions sociales--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans--20e siècle.
Noirs américains--Conditions sociales--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans--20e siècle.
Femmes--Conditions sociales--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans--20e siècle.
Racisme--Histoire--Louisiane--La Nouvelle-Orléans--20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
HISTORY--State & Local--South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)--United States
African American women.
African American women--Social conditions.
African Americans.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Race relations.
Racism.
Social conditions.
Women.
Women--Social conditions.
New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions--20th century.
New Orleans (La.)--Race relations.
Louisiana--New Orleans.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
F379.N59 / N447 2015eb
305.48/896073076335