Peter J. Marina

Down and Out in New Orleans

Transgressive Living in the Informal Economy

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Produktbeschreibung

In the years since Hurricane Katrina, modern-day bohemians have flocked to New Orleans but often find themselves skirting poverty. Down and Out in New Orleans follows the lives of those on the fringes as they carve out unique paths in a resilient city. Peter J. Marina provides an original glimpse into the subcultures of a city in rapid change.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Transgression
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9780231178525
• ISBN-10: 0231178522
• Artikelnr.: 48095678

Autorenporträt

Peter J. Marina is associate professor of sociology at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He is the author of Chasing Religion in the Caribbean: Ethnographic Journeys from Antigua to Trinidad (2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, by David Brotherton
Acknowledgments
1. New Orleans: Romancing the City of Sin and Resistance
2. The Hard and Soft City: A Portrait of New Orleans Neighborhoods and
Their Characters
3. Living Down and Out in New Orleans
4. Buskers, Hustlers, and Street Performers
5. The Informal Nocturnal Economy of Frenchmen Street
6. City Squatting and Urban Camping
7. Occultists and Satanists
8. Gentrification and Violent Cultural Resistance
9. Hipster Wonderland
10. Brass Bands and Second Lines
Conclusion: The Fogs of New Orleans and the Future of the Crescent City
Notes
Index