Down and Out in New Orleans : Transgressive Living in the Informal Economy /

In the years since Hurricane Katrina, the modern-day bohemians of New Orleans have found themselves forced to the edges of poverty by the new tourist economy. Modeling his work after George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London, the sociologist and ethnographer Peter J. Marina explores this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marina, Peter J. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Brotherton, David (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Colección:Studies in Transgression
Temas:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1 New Orleans: Romancing the City of Sin and Resistance
  • CHAPTER 2 Th e Hard and Soft City: A Portrait of New Orleans Neighborhoods and Their Characters
  • CHAPTER 3 Living Down and Out in New Orleans
  • CHAPTER 4 Buskers, Hustlers, and Street Performers
  • CHAPTER 4 Buskers, Hustlers, and Street Performers
  • CHAPTER 6 City Squatting and Urban Camping
  • CHAPTER 6 City Squatting and Urban Camping
  • CHAPTER 8 Gentrification and Violent Cultural Resistance
  • CHAPTER 9 Hipster Wonderland
  • CHAPTER 10 Brass Bands and Second Lines
  • Conclusion: The Fogs of New Orleans and the Future of the Crescent City
  • Notes
  • Index

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