Culture after the Hurricanes : Rhetoric and Reinvention on the Gulf Coast
by Hackler, M. B.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-07-01
Publisher(s): Univ Pr of Mississippi
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Summary
The diverse ethnic and cultural makeup of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast was affected significantly by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Much more stands to change as governments, national and international nonprofit organizations, churches, and community groups determine how and even where life will continue.
Author Biography
M.B. Hackler is the Board of Regents Ph.D. Fellow in Folklore at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is the editor of On and Off the Page: Mapping Place in Text and Culture.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Introduction "Louisiana's New Oil" Planning for Culture on the New Gulf Coast | p. 3 |
| Civic Culture and the Politics of Planning for Neighborhoods and Housing in Post-Katrina New Orleans | p. 17 |
| New Orleans Shotgun A Historic Cultural Geography | p. 44 |
| Soul Food Katrina and the Culinary Arts | p. 91 |
| Making Groceries Food, Neighborhood Markets, and Neighborhood Recovery in Post-Katrina New Orleans | p. 107 |
| Losing Ground The Cultural Politics of Cultural Landscapes in Plaquemines Parish | p. 139 |
| Hurricane Rita and the New Normal Modified Communication and New Traditions in Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes | p. 166 |
| Contributors | p. 187 |
| Index | p. 189 |
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