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

Author
Marina, Peter, 1976- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
xvii, 263 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    Studies in transgression [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-249) 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
    • Brass bands and second lines
    • Conclusion: the fogs of New Orleans and the future of the Crescent City.
    ISBN
    • 9780231178525 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0231178522 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016056218
    OCLC
    979423919
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