Sustaining New Orleans literature, local memory, and the fate of a city / Barbara Eckstein.

Author/creator Eckstein, Barbara J.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge,
Descriptionxvi, 280 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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Contents The claims for New Orleans exceptionalism -- "Indiscourageable progress": the decline of the New Orleans streetcar and the rise of a streetcar named Desire -- Sex and the historic city: a walking tour on the wild side -- Malaise and miasms: Dr. Percy and the public health of New Orleans Environs -- The spectacle between piety and desire: New Orleans Black Panther Party and Ishamel Reed's neo-hoodooism -- The vampires' middle passage: the world of Anne Rice and the promise of New Orleans's coast -- Mapping the spirit region: Sister Helen, the Dead Men, and the folk of New Orleans environs.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [261]-274) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005012589
ISBN0415947820 (alk. paper)
ISBN0415947839 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780415947824 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780415947831 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBNebook