Authentic New Orleans : : tourism, culture, and race in the Big Easy / / Kevin Fox Gotham.
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York : : New York University Press,, [2007] 2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 pages) :; illustrations, maps |
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Table of 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.