Authentic New Orleans : tourism, culture, and race in the Big Easy / Kevin Fox Gotham.

By: Gotham, Kevin Fox [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2007]Copyright date: 2007Description: 1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780814733073 (e-book)Subject(s): 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 customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Authentic New Orleans : tourism, culture, and race in the Big Easy.DDC classification: 306.09763 LOC classification: HT325 | .G68 2007Online resources: Click to View
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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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.

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