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Author:

Eckstein, Barbara J.

Title:

Sustaining New Orleans : literature, local memory, and the fate of a city / Barbara Eckstein.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xvi, 280 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American literature--New Orleans--New Orleans--History and criticism.
New Orleans (La.)--Intellectual life.
New Orleans (La.)--In literature.
New Orleans (La.)--Civilization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-274) and index.

Contents:

The claims for New Orleans exceptionalism -- "Indiscourageable progress": the decline of the New Orleans streetcar and the rise of a streetcar named Desire -- Sex and the historic city: a walking tour on the wild side -- Malaise and miasms: Dr. Percy and the public health of New Orleans Environs -- The spectacle between piety and desire: New Orleans Black Panther Party and Ishamel Reed's neo-hoodooism -- The vampires' middle passage: the world of Anne Rice and the promise of New Orleans's coast -- Mapping the spirit region: Sister Helen, the Dead Men, and the folk of New Orleans environs.

ISBN:

9780415947831 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0415947839 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780415947824 (alk. paper)
0415947820 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005012589

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)