Development drowned and reborn: the Blues and Bourbon restorations in post-Katrina New Orleans

"Development Drowned and Reborn is a 'Blues geography' of New Orleans, one that compels readers to return to the history of the Black freedom struggle there to reckon with its unfinished business. Reading contemporary policies of abandonment against the grain, Clyde Woods explores how...

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1. Verfasser: Woods, Clyde (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Camp, Jordan T. 1979- (HerausgeberIn), Pulido, Laura (HerausgeberIn), Woods, Clyde Adrian
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Athens The University of Georgia Press 2017
Schriftenreihe:Geographies of justice and social transformation 35
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Zusammenfassung:"Development Drowned and Reborn is a 'Blues geography' of New Orleans, one that compels readers to return to the history of the Black freedom struggle there to reckon with its unfinished business. Reading contemporary policies of abandonment against the grain, Clyde Woods explores how Hurricane Katrina brought long-standing structures of domination into view. In so doing, Woods delineates the roots of neoliberalism in the region and a history of resistance. Written in dialogue with social movements, this book offers tools for comprehending the racist dynamics of U.S. culture and economy. Following his landmark study, Development Arrested, Woods turns to organic intellectuals, Blues musicians, and poor and working people to instruct readers in this future-oriented history of struggle. Through this unique optic, Woods delineates a history, methodology, and epistemology to grasp alternative visions of development"...Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xxix, 362 Seiten Karten
ISBN:9780820350912
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