Down and out in New Orleans : notes from the urban underbelly / Peter Marina.

Author
Marina, Peter, 1976- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Description
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Subject(s)
Series
Studies in transgression
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
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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.
ISBN
  • 9780231545198 ((electronic bk.))
  • 0231545193 ((electronic bk.))
LCCN
2017014411
OCLC
979994472
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