The mysterious death of Mary Rogers : sex and culture in nineteenth-century New York / Amy Gilman Sr...
The mysterious death of Mary Rogers : sex and culture in nineteenth-century New York / Amy Gilman Sr...
The mysterious death of Mary Rogers : sex and culture in nineteenth-century New York / Amy Gilman Srebnick.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Date
1995.
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N364.1523092/R728.3/1
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English
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Physical content
xix, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Prologue: The Mary Rogers Tragedy -- 2. A Body Floating Between Two Tides -- 3. "The Beautiful Segar Girl": Mary in the City of the New World -- 4. The "Public Prints," the Body of Mary Rogers, and the Violence of Representation -- 5. "Who Murdered Mary Rogers?": Police Reform, Abortion, and the...
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New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
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New York (State)
Date Published
1995.
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Summary
In the summer of 1841, Mary Rogers, a young woman known popularly as "The Beautiful Cigar Girl," disappeared from her boarding house on Nassau Street in downtown New York. Three days later, her body, badly bruised and water-logged, was found floating in the shallow waters of the Hudson River just a few feet from the Jersey shore. Long a celebrated...
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The mysterious death of Mary Rogers : sex and culture in nineteenth-century New York / Amy Gilman Srebnick.
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Studies in the history of sexuality.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212) and index.
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N364.1523092/R728.3/1
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74VMep3ABDXl
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019506237X
019506237X (acid-free paper)
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364.1523092
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991002913469702626
