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Subtitle: the discarded refrigerators of post-Katrina New Orleans
By: Katheryn Krotzer Laborde
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780786437894
Subjects: Refrigerators; Signs and signboards; Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Discarded household appliances; Social conditions; Black-and-white photography; Written communication; Disasters; Pictorial works
Description: "One of the most common sights during post-Hurricane Katrina was that of the discarded home refrigerator. This book presents the communiqués that transformed appliances into message boards and explores the post-disaster environment that inspired their creation. It features hundreds of black-and-white photographs of the marked refrigerators, along with photographs of post-Katrina New Orleans"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Coming home; title: Refrigerators I : empty, full; title: The people who grieved, the city they mourned for; title: Voices of the storm; title: Refrigerators II : getting the word out; title: Signs of the times; title: Refrigerators III : anarchy and anger; title: Grief and frigidaires; title: Talkin' trash; title: Refrigerators IV : hope, faith, and love; title: Epilogue: Gustav.