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9780226112343

The Flash Press: Sporting Male Weeklies in 1840s New York

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    9780226112343

  • ISBN10:

    0226112349

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-05-15
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

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Summary

Obscene, libidinous, loathsome, lascivious. Those were just some of the ways critics described the nineteenth-century weeklies that covered and publicized New York City's extensive sexual underworld. Publications like theFlashand theWhipdistinguished 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 these papers have resurfaced, and inThe Flash Pressthree renowned scholars provide a landmark study of their significance as well as a wide selection of their ribald articles and illustrations. Including short tales of urban life, editorials on prostitution, and moralizing rants against homosexuality, these selections epitomize a distinct form of urban journalism.Here, in addition to providing a thorough overview of this colorful reportage, its editors, and its audience, the authors examine nineteenth-century ideas of sexuality and freedom that mixed Tom Paine's republicanism with elements of the Marquis de Sade's sexual ideology. They also trace the evolution of censorship and obscenity law, showing how a string of legal battles ultimately led to the demise of the flash papers: editors were hauled into court, sentenced to jail for criminal obscenity and libel, and eventually pushed out of business. But not before they forever changed the debate over public sexuality and freedom of expression in America's most important city.

Author Biography

Patricia Cline Cohen is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the author of The Murder of Helen Jewett. Timothy J. Gilfoyle is professor of history at Loyola University Chicago and the author of City of Eros. Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz is professor of American studies and history at Smith College and the author of Rereading Sex.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
The Flash Press
Beginnings: Rivalry and Satirep. 17
Sexual Politicsp. 55
Trials and Tribulationsp. 77
Legaciesp. 109
Flash Press Excerpts
Purposesp. 130
Libertinismp. 130
Brothel Lifep. 136
Heterosexualityp. 158
Gossip, Vituperation, and Blackmailp. 176
Racism, Anti-Amalgamationp. 186
Homosexualityp. 192
Indictmentsp. 198
Sports and Theater in the Flash Worldp. 207
The Illustrations of John H. Manningp. 216
Acknowledgmentsp. 221
Appendixp. 223
Notesp. 225
Indexp. 271
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