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Down and out in New Orleans : transgressive living in the informal economy / Peter Marina.

Author/creator Marina, Peter, 1976- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Descriptionxvii, 263 pages, 25 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Studies in transgression
Studies in transgression. ^A1325564
Contents Foreword / by David Brotherton -- New Orleans : romancing the city of sin and resistance -- The hard and soft city : a portrait of New Orleans neighborhoods and their characters -- Living down and out in New Orleans -- Buskers, hustlers, and street performers -- The informal nocturnal economy of Frenchmen Street -- City squatting and urban camping -- Occultists and satanists -- Gentrification and violent cultural resistance -- Hipster wonderland -- Brass bands and second lines -- Conclusion : the fogs of New Orleans and the future of the Crescent City.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-249) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Marina, Peter, 1976- Down and out in New Orleans. New York : Columbia University Press, [2017] 9780231545198
LCCN 2016056218
ISBN9780231178525 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN0231178522 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book
Standard identifier# 40027410120

Available Items

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Joyner General Stacks HN80 .N45 M37 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold