A Storyville Education: Spatial Practices and the Learned Sex Trade in the City That Care Forgot

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  • Author(s): Platt, R. Eric; Hill, Lilian H.
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory. Nov 2014 64(4):285-305.
  • Publication Date:
    2014
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://sagepub.com
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      21
    • Education Level:
      Adult Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Adult Learning; Informal Education; Critical Theory; Geography; Feminism; Social History; Sexuality; Human Geography; Observational Learning; Motivation; Expertise; Social Class; Language; Crime; Females
    • Subject Terms:
      Louisiana
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/0741713614539030
    • ISSN:
      0741-7136
    • Abstract:
      Storyville, the legalized red-light district of New Orleans (1897-1917), was a designated space containing informal opportunities for learning in which its residents practiced the sex trade. Although Storyville was created to regulate prostitution, prostitutes and madams learned the city's legal system, politics, and economics to survive in a socially constructed space. Using primary and secondary sources and informed by theory, including informal learning, spatial production, and critical and feminist geography, this study explores the adult learning that took place in Storyville.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Number of References:
      19
    • Publication Date:
      2014
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1040498