Marina Down and Out in New Orleans

Transgressive Living in the Informal Economy
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-231-54519-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Studies in Transgression

In the years since Hurricane Katrina, modern-day bohemians have flocked to New Orleans but often find themselves skirting poverty. Down and Out in New Orleans follows the lives of those on the fringes as they carve out unique paths in a resilient city. Peter J. Marina provides an original glimpse into the subcultures of a city in rapid change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marina, Peter J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by David Brotherton
Acknowledgments
1. New Orleans: Romancing the City of Sin and Resistance
2. The Hard and Soft City: A Portrait of New Orleans Neighborhoods and Their Characters
3. Living Down and Out in New Orleans
4. Buskers, Hustlers, and Street Performers
5. The Informal Nocturnal Economy of Frenchmen Street
6. City Squatting and Urban Camping
7. Occultists and Satanists
8. Gentrification and Violent Cultural Resistance
9. Hipster Wonderland
10. Brass Bands and Second Lines
Conclusion: The Fogs of New Orleans and the Future of the Crescent City
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Peter J. Marina is associate professor of sociology at University of Wisconsin–La Crosse. He is the author of Chasing Religion in the Caribbean: Ethnographic Journeys from Antigua to Trinidad (2016).