Title Seeking higher ground : the Hurricane Katrina crisis, race, and public policy reader / edited by Manning Marable and Kristen Clarke

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 320 pages) : illustrations Series The critical Black studies series Critical Black studies series. Contents Introduction: Seeking higher ground : race, public policy and the Hurricane Katrina crisis / Manning Marable -- The New Orleans mayoral election : the Voting Rights Act and the politics of return and rebuild / Ronald Walters -- The New Orleans that race built : racism, disaster, and urban spatial relationships / Darwin Bond Graham -- Race-ing the post-Katrina political landscape : an analysis of the 2006 New Orleans election / Kristen Clarke -- Property and security, political chameleons, and dysfunctional regime : a New Orleans story / D. Osei Robertson -- Hurricane Katrina as an elaboration on an ongoing theme : racialized spaces in Louisiana / K. Animashaun Ducre -- An interview with Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle / Suzette M. Malveaux -- New Orleans's African American musical traditions : the spirit and soul of a city / Michael White -- Hero, eulogist, trickster, and critic : ritual and crisis in post-Katrina Mardi Gras / Chelsey Louise Kivland -- (Re)imagining ethnicity in the city of New Orleans : Katrina's geographical allegory / Stephanie Houston Grey -- The rebuilding of a tourist industry : immigrant labor exploitation in the post-Katrina reconstruction of New Orleans / Loren Redwood -- "Do you know what it means--?" : mapping emotion in the aftermath of Katrina / Melissa Harris-Lacewell -- Witness: the racialized gender implications of Katrina / Kathleen A. Bergin -- The impact of Hurricane Katrina on the race and class divide in America / Thomas J. Durant, Jr. and Dawood Sultan -- Katrina's southern "exposure" : the Kanye race debate and the repercussions of discussion / Erica M. Czaja -- Oral history, folklore, and Katrina / Alan H. Stein and Gene B. Preuss -- What happens when the footprints shrink : New Orleans and the end of eminence / Julianne Malveaux -- "The city I used to-- visit" : tourist New Orleans and the racialized response to Hurricane Katrina / Lynell Thomas -- The social construction of disaster : New Orleans as the paradigmatic American city / Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires -- Are they Katrina's kids or ours? the experience of displaced New Orleans students in their new schools and communities / Kevin Michael Foster -- Envisioning "complete recovery" as an alternative to "unmitigated disaster" / Mindy Thompson Fullilove, et al Summary Hurricane Katrina of August-September 2005, one of the most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history, dramatically illustrated the continuing racial and class inequalities of America. In this powerful reader, Seeking Higher Ground, prominent scholars and writers examine the racial impact of the disaster and the failure of governmental, corporate and private agencies to respond to the plight of the New Orleans black community. Contributing authors include Julianne Malveaux, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Ronald Walters, Chester Hartman, Gregory D. Squires, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Alan Stein, and Gene Preuss. This reader is the second volume of the Souls Critical Black Studies Series, edited by Manning Marable, and produced by the institute for Research in African-American Studies of Columbia University Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects Disasters -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Disaster relief -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Marginality, Social -- Louisiana -- New Orleans African Americans -- Government policy -- Louisiana -- New Orleans HISTORY -- State & Local -- General. African Americans -- Government policy Disaster relief Disasters -- Social aspects Marginality, Social Politics and government Race relations Social aspects Kommunalpolitik Soziale Situation Katrina Hurrikan Katastrophenmanagement SUBJECT New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations New Orleans (La.) -- Politics and government Subject Louisiana -- New Orleans New Orleans, La. Form Electronic book Author Marable, Manning, 1950-2011. Clarke, Kristen ISBN 9780230610095 0230610099

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