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Authentic New Orleans tourism, culture, and race in the Big Easy

Title: Authentic New Orleans [electronic resource] : tourism, culture, and race in the Big Easy / Kevin Fox Gotham.
Author: Gotham, Kevin Fox.
Publication: New York : New York University Press, c2007.

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Description

1 online resource (xiii, 281 p.) : ill., maps.

Uniform Title

Authentic New Orleans (Online)

Alternative Title

Authentic New Orleans (Online)

Subject

City promotion > Louisiana > New Orleans > History
Tourism > Louisiana > New Orleans > History
Culture and tourism > Louisiana > New Orleans > History
Carnival > Louisiana > New Orleans > History
Exhibitions > Louisiana > New Orleans > History
New Orleans (La.) > History
New Orleans (La.) > Social life and customs

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-269) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction : authentic New Orleans -- Processions and parades : Carnival krewes and the development of modern Mardi Gras -- "Of incomprehensible magnitude and bewildering variety" : the 1884 World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition -- Authenticity in black and white : the rise of tourism in the twentieth century -- Boosting the Big Easy : New Orleans goes global -- From a culture of tourism to a touristic culture : the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition and the holy trinity of New Orleans tourism -- A repertoire of authenticity : contested space and transformation of the French Quarter -- "The greatest free show on earth" : intimations and antinomies of commodification and Carnival -- Conclusion : the future of New Orleans.

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