Authentic New Orleans
Subtitle: race and culture in the development of urban tourism
By: Kevin Fox Gotham.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780814731857; 9780814731864
Subjects: 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 customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Authentic New Orleans : an introduction; title: Processions and parades : Carinval krewes and the development of modern Mardi Gras; title: "Of incomprehensible magnitude and bewildering variety" : the 1884 World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition; title: Authenticity in black and white : the rise of tourism in the twentieth century; title: Boosting the Big Easy : New Orleans goes global; title: From a culture of tourism to a touristic culture : the 1984 Louisiana Exposition and the holy trinity of New Orleans tourism; title: A repertoire of authenticity : contested space and transformation of the French Quarter; title: "The greatest free show on earth" : intimations and antinomies of commodification and carnival; title: Conclusion: The future of New Orleans.