Mamie's Blues: Women in Storyville

Points South

English - July 12, 2023 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 82 ratings
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We head back to New Orleans to visit Storyville, the red-light district that made the city infamous in the early 20th century. Producer Christian Leus explores the history of the neighborhood and disentangles its complicated legacies of jazz, sex work, and social upheaval. Join Christian as she digs through archival audio and conducts new interviews with Storyville scholars to discover what the myth of Storyville leaves out. Visit oxfordamerican.org/pointssouth to see archival images from Storyville.

This episode was produced by Sara A. Lewis and Christian Leus. Our Points South intern is Adam Forrester.

Special thanks to Dr. Alecia P. Long, Dr. Ben Barson, Dr. Sherrie Tucker, Dr. Nathalie Rech, and Dr. Stephanie Cox. Post-production and score thanks to Curtis Fye and Trey Pollard of Spacebomb.

This episode is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.