''The Flash Press: Sporting Male Weeklies in 1840s New York'' is a book written by Patricia Cline Cohen,
Timothy J. Gilfoyle, and
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, in association with the
American Antiquarian Society, about the sexual underground of 1840s
New York City.
''The Flash Press'' looks at four "Sporting Male Weeklies" that were found in New York between 1841–1843: ''The Flash'' (''The Sunday Flash''), ''The Libertine'', ''The Weekly Rake'', and ''The Whip''.
These
newspapers were considered to be "
obscene,
libidinous
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, loathsome, and
lascivious." The Flash Press takes a look at why these newspapers were considered to be so obscene. It also explores the individuals that these papers targeted: where they lived, where they worked and what was the appeal to them of the newspapers.
The introduction offers an overview of how the American Antiquarian Society came into possession of the newspapers, and how Cohen, Gilfoyle, and Horowitz came to research the newspapers and author ''The Flash Press''.
References
External links
The University of Chicago Press Booksretrieved 31 March 2011
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2008 non-fiction books
University of Chicago Press books
English-language books
History of human sexuality
History of New York City