Approached as a wellspring of cultural authenticity and historical
exceptionality, New Orleans appears in opposition to a nation
perpetually driven by progress. Remaking New Orleans shows how this
narrative is rooted in a romantic cultural tradition, continuously
repackaged through the twin engines of tourism and economic
development, and supported by research that has isolated the city
from comparison and left unquestioned its entrenched inequality.
Working against this feedback loop, the contributors place New
Orleans at the forefront of national patterns of urban planning,
place-branding, structural inequality, and racialization.
Nontraditional sites like professional wrestling matches,
middle-class black suburbs, and Vietnamese gardens take precedence
over cliched renderings of Creole cuisine, voodoo queens, and hot
jazz. Covering the city's founding through its present and
highlighting changing political and social formations, this volume
remakes New Orleans as a rich site for understanding the
quintessential concerns of American cities. Contributors. Thomas
Jessen Adams, Vincanne Adams, Vern Baxter, Maria Celeste Casati
Allegretti, Shannon Lee Dawdy, Rien Fertel, Megan French-Marcelin,
Cedric G. Johnson, Alecia P. Long, Vicki Mayer, Toby Miller, Sue
Mobley, Marguerite Nguyen, Aaron Nyerges, Adolph Reed Jr., Helen A.
Regis, Matt Sakakeeny, Heidi Schmalbach, Felipe Smith, Bryan Wagner
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