Sustaining New Orleans literature, local memory, and the fate of a city / Barbara Eckstein.
| Author/creator | Eckstein, Barbara J. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, |
| Description | xvi, 280 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-274) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005012589 |
| ISBN | 0415947820 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0415947839 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780415947824 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780415947831 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | ebook |