Title Down and out in New Orleans : notes from the urban underbelly / Peter Marina

Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource Series Studies in transgression Contents New Orleans: romancing the city of sin and resistance -- The hard and soft city: a portrait of New Orleans neighborhoods and its characters -- Living down and out in New Orleans -- Buskers, hustlers, and street performers -- The informal nocturnal economy of Frenchmen Street -- City squatting: urban camping in New Orleans -- Occultists and satanists -- Gentrification and violent cultural resistance -- Hipster wonderland in the ghetto -- The brass bands and second-lines of New Orleans -- Conclusion: the fogs of New Orleans and the future of the Crescent City Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes Civilization Economic history Social conditions SUBJECT New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century New Orleans (La.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century New Orleans (La.) -- Civilization -- 21st century Subject Louisiana -- New Orleans Form Electronic book LC no. 2017014411 ISBN 9780231545198 0231545193

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