Blues for New Orleans: Mardi Gras and America's Creole Soul
(Part of the The City in the Twenty-First Century Series)
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as the citizens of New Orleans regroup and put down roots elsewhere, many wonder what will become of one of the nation's most complex creole cultures. New Orleans emerged like Atlantis from under the sea, as the city in which some of the most important American vernacular arts took shape. Creativity fostered jazz music, made of old parts and put together in utterly new ways; architecture that commingled Norman...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0812239598
ISBN13:9780812239591
Release Date:March 2006
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:112 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"
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