TY - BOOK AU - Gotham,Kevin Fox TI - Authentic New Orleans: tourism, culture, and race in the Big Easy AV - HT325 .G68 2007 U1 - 306.09763 22 PY - 2007///] CY - New York PB - New York University Press KW - City promotion KW - Louisiana KW - New Orleans KW - History KW - Tourism KW - Culture and tourism KW - Carnival KW - Exhibitions KW - New Orleans (La.) KW - Social life and customs KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=865484 ER -