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Beyond Katrina : a meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
- Title
- Beyond Katrina : a meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast / Natasha Trethewey.
- Author
- Trethewey, Natasha D., 1966-
- Publication
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2010.
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- Description
- 127 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Trethewey spent her childhood in Gulfport, where much of her mother's extended family, including her younger brother, still lives. As she worked to understand the devastation that followed the hurricane, Trethewey found inspiration in Robert Penn Warren's book Segregation: The Inner Conflict in the South, in which he spoke with southerners about race in the wake of the Brown decision, capturing an event of wide impact from multiple points of view. Weaving her own memories with the experiences of family, friends, and neighbors, Trethewey traces the erosion of local culture and the rising economic dependence on tourism and casinos. She chronicles decades of wetland development that exacerbated the destruction and portrays a Gulf Coast whose citizens--particularly African Americans--were on the margins of American life well before the storm hit."--Publisher description.
- Subjects
- Trethewey, Natasha D., 1966-
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Social aspects > Mississippi > Gulf Coast
- Trethewey, Natasha D., 1966- > Homes and haunts > Mississippi > Gulf Coast
- African Americans > Mississippi > Gulf Coast > Social conditions
- Homes
- African Americans > Social conditions
- Economics
- Social aspects
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Economic aspects > Mississippi > Gulf Coast
- Hurricane Katrina (2005)
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Environmental aspects > Mississippi > Gulf Coast
- 2005
- Mississippi > Gulf Coast
- Note
- A collection of essays, poems, and letters, chronicling the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
- Contents
- Theories of time and space -- Pilgrim -- Providence -- Before Katrina -- Liturgy -- Congregation -- High rollers -- Cycle -- Redux -- Benediction.
- Call Number
- Sc D 10-2429
- ISBN
- 9780820333816
- 0820333816
- LCCN
- 2010011417
- OCLC
- 630497627
- Author
- Trethewey, Natasha D., 1966-
- Title
- Beyond Katrina : a meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast / Natasha Trethewey.
- Imprint
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2010.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Chronological Term
- 2005
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 10-2429