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Author:

Marina, Peter, 1976- author.

Title:

Down and out in New Orleans : transgressive living in the informal economy / Peter Marina.

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xvii, 263 pages, 25 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm.

Subject:

New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions--21st century.
New Orleans (La.)--Economic conditions--21st century.
New Orleans (La.)--Civilization--21st century.
Civilization.
Economic history.
Social conditions.
Louisiana--New Orleans.
2000-2099

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

New Orleans: romancing the city of sin and resistance -- The hard and soft city: a portrait of New Orleans neighborhoods and its characters -- Living down and out in New Orleans -- Buskers, hustlers, and street performers -- The informal nocturnal economy of Frenchmen Street -- City squatting: urban camping in New Orleans -- Occultists and satanists -- Gentrification and violent cultural resistance -- Hipster wonderland in the ghetto -- The brass bands and second-lines of New Orleans -- Conclusion: the fogs of New Orleans and the future of the Crescent City.

Series:

Studies in transgression

ISBN:

0231178522
9780231178525

OCLC:

(OCoLC)979423919

LCCN:

2016056218

Locations:

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