PDF The Flash Press Sporting Male Weeklies in 1840s New York Historical Studies of Urban America By Patricia Cline Cohen

PDF The Flash Press Sporting Male Weeklies in 1840s New York Historical Studies of Urban America By Patricia Cline Cohen 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 PubObscene 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 the Flash and the Whip—distinguished by a captivating brew of lowbrow humor and titillating gossip about prostitutes theater denizens and sporting events—were not the sort generally bound in leather for future reference and despite their popularity with an enthusiastic readership they uickly receded into almost complete o.

Bscurity Recently though two sizable collections of these papers have resurfaced and in The Flash Press three 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.