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

Gotham, Kevin Fox,

Authentic New Orleans : tourism, culture, and race in the Big Easy / Kevin Fox Gotham. - 1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780814733073 (e-book)


City promotion--History.--Louisiana--New Orleans
Tourism--History.--Louisiana--New Orleans
Culture and tourism--History.--Louisiana--New Orleans
Carnival--History.--Louisiana--New Orleans
Exhibitions--History.--Louisiana--New Orleans


New Orleans (La.)--History.
New Orleans (La.)--Social life and customs.


Electronic books.

HT325 / .G68 2007

306.09763