Sex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners: Black Women in New York City's Underground Economy (New Black Studies Series)
Lashawn Harris examines Black women’s work in New York City’s underground economy, focusing on sex workers, psychics, and numbers runners. Published as part of the New Black Studies Series, this book places these forms of labor at the center of Black studies and urban history.
About This Book
Sex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners examines Black women’s participation in New York City’s underground economy.
The book focuses on three forms of work named in its title: sex work, psychic services, and numbers running.
Lashawn Harris presents this subject within the context of Black studies and urban history.
Part of the New Black Studies Series, the book centers Black women’s economic activity in New York City.
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