Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
Burford, William | Norman, Marsha | Harnick, Sheldon
Date
2012-12-01
Keywords
Theater | Argentina, Musical, Prostitution, Tango, White Slavery, Zwi Migdal
Department
Department of Creative Writing and Literature
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/71516
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
The 1920s was a time of great social challenge in terms of immigration, unemployment, white slavery and political corruption. From the late 1800s to the 1930s, an Orthodox Jewish mafia (known as the Zwi Migdal) trafficked in white slavery on three continents. This organization owned over 3000 brothels in Buenos Aires alone - mostly populated by the ignorant Jewish girls whose parents had been deceived that their daughters were going to Argentina for respectable jobs and/or marriage. In researching the context of the times, I discovered a rich historical backdrop and chose the format of a dramatic musical to tell the story of a young prostitute and an aspiring poet who was determined to tell the Argentines about the desperate plight of these women. As a consequence, his poems changed the hearts of the elite community. | 91 pages
Recommended Citation
Bellman, Barbara Lynn, "Bordello" (2012). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 722.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/722