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Down and out in New Orleans : transgressive living in the informal economy / Peter Marina.
LIBRA HN80.N45 M37 2017
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marina, Peter, 1976- author.
- Series:
- Studies in transgression
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 263 pages, 25 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Marina, Peter, 1976- Down and out in New Orleans.
- ISBN:
- 9780231178525
- 0231178522
- OCLC:
- 979423919
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