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This Book Pursues Two Meanings Of The Phrase, Sustaining New Orleans. One Is The Perpetuation Of The Images And Ideas And Tales Of New Orleans Sustained In Public Memory--local And Not--through A Range Of Activities And Media, Widely Read Literature Notable Among Them. The Other References The Concept Sustainability Understood Here To Mean The Struggle To Balance The Competing Demands Of Social Justice, Environmental Health, And Economic Growth. This Book Argues That These Two Definitions Of Sustaining New Orleans Are Mutually Constitutive. It Further Argues That Widely Read Literature Set In The City, Through Its Engagement With Urban Folkways That Shape And Reshape Public Memory, Has Participated, For Good And Ill, In The Framing Of The City's Problems, The Proposed Solutions To Those Problems, And The Perceived Effectiveness Of Those Solutions. 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. Barbara J. Eckstein. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
This book investigates the intersection between the cultural representation of New Orleans in literature and the practical challenges of urban sustainability. Author Barbara J. Eckstein, a scholar of urban culture, examines how public memory and narrative tropes influence the city's approach to social justice, environmental health, and economic development. By analyzing a range of literary works and historical media, the text argues that the stories told about New Orleans are inextricably linked to the city's physical and political evolution.
What You Will Find
Scholars and urban historians frequently cite this work as a significant contribution to the study of how narrative constructs influence city planning and public policy. The text is recognized for its interdisciplinary approach, bridging the gap between literary analysis and the practical, often difficult, realities of urban sustainability.
Page Count:
0
Publication Date:
2005-01-01
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
ISBN-10:
0203955293
ISBN-13:
9780203955291
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