Remaking New Orleans: beyond exceptionalism and authenticity

La Catrina : the Mexican specter of New Orleans / Shannon Lee Dawdy -- Charles Gayarré and the imagining of an exceptional city : the literary roots of the Creole city / Rien Fertel -- Phony city : under the skin of authenticity / Aaron Nyerges -- "Things you'd imagine Zulu tribes to do&qu...

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Other Authors: Adams, Thomas Jessen (Editor), Sakakeeny, Matt 1971- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press 2019
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Summary:La Catrina : the Mexican specter of New Orleans / Shannon Lee Dawdy -- Charles Gayarré and the imagining of an exceptional city : the literary roots of the Creole city / Rien Fertel -- Phony city : under the skin of authenticity / Aaron Nyerges -- "Things you'd imagine Zulu tribes to do" : the Zulu parade in New Orleans Carnival / Felipe Smith -- The saga of the junkyard dog / Bryan Wagner -- Local, native, Creole, Black : claiming belonging, producing autochthony / Helen A. Regis -- The contradictions of the film welfare economy, or, For the love of Treme / Vicki Mayer, Heidi Schmalbach, and Toby Miller -- "Queers, fairies, and ne'er-do-wells" : rethinking the notion of a sexually liberal New Orleans / Alecia Long -- Building Black suburbs in New Orleans / Vern Baxter and Maria Casati -- Refugee pastoralism : Vietnamese American self-representation in New Orleans / Marguerite Nguyen -- Boosting the private sector : Federal aid and downtown development in the 1970s / Megan French-Marcelin -- What's left for New Orleans? The people's reconstruction and the limits of Anarcho-Liberalism / Cedric G. Johnson -- Neoliberal futures : post-Katrina New Orleans, volunteers, and the ongoing allure of exceptionalism / Vincanne Adams -- The myth of authenticity and its impact on politics in New Orleans and beyond / Adolph Reed Jr
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (358 pages) illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781478003328
1478003324

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