Sustaining New Orleans : literature, local memory, and the fate of a city / Barbara Eckstein.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eckstein, Barbara J.
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2006.
Subjects:
American literature > Louisiana > New Orleans > History and criticism.
New Orleans (La.) > Intellectual life.
New Orleans (La.) > In literature.
New Orleans (La.) > Civilization.
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Physical Description:xvi, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The claims for New Orleans's exceptionalism
  • "Indiscourageable progress": the decline of the New Orleans streetcar and the rise of A streetcar named Desire
  • Sex and the historic city: a walking tour on the wild side
  • Malaise and miasms: Dr. Percy's moviegoer and public health in New Orleans environs
  • The spectacle between piety and desire: The place of New Orleans's Black Panthers and Ishmael Reed's Neo-HooDooism
  • The vampires' middle passage: the world of Anne Rice and the promise of New Orleans's coast
  • Mapping the spirit region: Sister Helen, the dead men, and the folk of New Orleans's environs.