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Sex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners

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Sex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners

Black Women in New York City's Underground Economy
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During the early twentieth century, a diverse group of African American women carved out unique niches for themselves within New York City's expansive informal economy. LaShawn Harris illuminates the labor patterns and economic activity of three perennials within this kaleidoscope of underground industry: sex work, numbers running for gambling enterprises, and the supernatural consulting business. Mining police and prison records, newspaper accounts, and period literature, Harris teases out answers to essential questions about these women and their working lives. She also offers a surprising revelation, arguing that the burgeoning underground economy served as a catalyst in working-class black women â„¢s creation of the employment opportunities, occupational identities, and survival strategies that provided them with financial stability and a sense of labor autonomy and mobility. At the same time, urban black women, all striving for economic and social prospects and pleasures, experienced the conspicuous and hidden dangers associated with newfound labor opportunities.

Author Biography:

LaShawn Harris is an assistant professor of history at Michigan State University.
Release date NZ
April 7th, 2016
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
23 black and white photographs
Pages
280
Dimensions
156x235x15
ISBN-13
9780252081668
Product ID
24161784

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