false 2302980 1 <div><div>Obscene, libidinous, loathsome, lascivious. Those were just some of the ways critics described the nineteenth-century weeklies that covered and publicized New York City&#8217;s extensive sexual underworld. Publications like the <i>Flash </i>and the<i> Whip</i>&#8212;distinguished by a captivating brew of lowbrow humor and titillating gossip about prostitutes, theater denizens, and sporting events&#8212;were 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 in <i>The Flash Press</i> three renowned scholars provide a landmark study of their significance as well as a wide selection of their ribald articles and illustrations. <br> Including short tales of urban life, editorials on prostitution, and moralizing rants against homosexuality, these selections epitomize a distinct form of urban journalism<i>.</i> 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&#8217;s republicanism with elements of the Marquis de Sade&#8217;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&#8217;s most important city.</div></div> 2309386 15 5 2008 The Flash Press: Sporting Male Weeklies in 1840s New York (Historical Studies of Urban America) total:12|5:1|4:6|3:3|2:2| 12 42 25 3 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 3 0 false Sat Sep 26 06:09:48 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 06:20:53 -0700 2009
This is a short study of four underground New York papers -- the Flash, the Whip, the Rake, and the Libertine -- that ran in New York City between 1841 and 1843. They were published primarily by William ...more...]]> 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 2 0 false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 09:14:41 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 09:16:31 -0800 2009 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 0 0 false Mon Jul 07 14:30:18 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 14:31:11 -0700 2008 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 0 0 false Sun Aug 30 08:19:31 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 08:19:47 -0700 2009 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 0 0 false Thu Jun 04 13:07:20 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 13:07:20 -0700 2009 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 0 0 false Thu Apr 30 07:17:20 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 07:17:20 -0700 2009 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 2 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 17 12:07:39 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 12:07:39 -0700 2009 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 4 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 21:39:25 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 21:39:41 -0800 2009 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 0 0 false Tue Feb 24 17:30:14 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 21 21:10:09 -0700 2009 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 3 0 false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 16:52:50 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 16:53:07 -0800 2009 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 3 0 false Sat Jan 24 09:39:14 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 09:39:14 -0800 2009 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 4 0 false Wed Mar 25 07:37:18 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 23 04:58:14 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 25 07:37:18 -0700 2009 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 0 0 false Sun Feb 08 09:22:07 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 06:11:02 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 09:22:07 -0800 2009 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 4 0 false Sat Dec 20 16:44:12 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 16:44:12 -0800 2008 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 0 0 false Tue Dec 02 19:56:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 21:59:46 -0800 2008 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 4 0 false Wed Nov 05 13:47:19 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 13:47:19 -0800 2008 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 4 0 false Mon Oct 13 07:06:07 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 07:06:07 -0700 2008 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 0 0 false Sun Jun 15 14:38:55 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 14:39:08 -0700 2008 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 5 0 false Sat Jun 07 12:44:04 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 15 01:19:07 -0800 2008 2302980 0226112349 9780226112343 12 3 3.50 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302980.The_Flash_Press_Sporting_Male_Weeklies_in_1840s_New_York 0 0 false Mon Jun 02 19:49:50 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 19:49:50 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2302980