Sustaining New Orleans : literature, local memory, and the fate of a city /
Eckstein, Barbara J.,
Sustaining New Orleans : literature, local memory, and the fate of a city / Barbara Eckstein. - 1 online resource (xvi, 280 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-274) and index.
1. The claims for New Orleans exceptionalism -- 2. "Indiscourageable progress" : the decline of the New Orleans streetcar and the rise Of A streetcar named Desire -- 3. Sex and the historic city : a walking tour on the wild side -- 4. Malaise and miasms : Dr. Percy's Moviegoer and public health in New Orleans Environs -- 5. The spectacle between piety and desire : New Orleans's Black Panthers and Ishmael Reed's neo-hoodooism -- 6. The vampires' middle passage : the world of Anne Rice and the promise of New Orleans's coast -- 7. Mapping the spirit region : Sister Helen, the Dead Men, and the folk of New Orleans environs.
9780203955291 9781135403324 9781135403393 9781135403461
10.4324/9780203955291 doi
American literature--History and criticism.--Louisiana--New Orleans
New Orleans (La.)--Intellectual life.
New Orleans (La.)--In literature.
New Orleans (La.)--Civilization.
PS267.N49 / E27 2006
810.99763 / E192
Sustaining New Orleans : literature, local memory, and the fate of a city / Barbara Eckstein. - 1 online resource (xvi, 280 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-274) and index.
1. The claims for New Orleans exceptionalism -- 2. "Indiscourageable progress" : the decline of the New Orleans streetcar and the rise Of A streetcar named Desire -- 3. Sex and the historic city : a walking tour on the wild side -- 4. Malaise and miasms : Dr. Percy's Moviegoer and public health in New Orleans Environs -- 5. The spectacle between piety and desire : New Orleans's Black Panthers and Ishmael Reed's neo-hoodooism -- 6. The vampires' middle passage : the world of Anne Rice and the promise of New Orleans's coast -- 7. Mapping the spirit region : Sister Helen, the Dead Men, and the folk of New Orleans environs.
9780203955291 9781135403324 9781135403393 9781135403461
10.4324/9780203955291 doi
American literature--History and criticism.--Louisiana--New Orleans
New Orleans (La.)--Intellectual life.
New Orleans (La.)--In literature.
New Orleans (La.)--Civilization.
PS267.N49 / E27 2006
810.99763 / E192