Down and Out in New Orleans - Transgressive Living in the Informal Economy

Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Peter J. Marina
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.2017
• EAN: 9780231178525
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17852-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Studies in Transgression
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Urban communities