Title: Beyond Katrina
Description: "Trethewey spent her childhood in Gulfport, where much of her mother's extended family, including her younger brother, still lives. As she worked to understand the devastation that followed the hurricane, Trethewey found inspiration in Robert Penn Warren's book Segregation: The Inner Conflict in the South, in which he spoke with southerners about race in the wake of the Brown decision, capturing an event of wide impact from multiple points of view. Weaving her own memories with the experiences of family, friends, and neighbors, Trethewey traces the erosion of local culture and the rising economic dependence on tourism and casinos. She chronicles decades of wetland development that exacerbated the destruction and portrays a Gulf Coast whose citizens--particularly African Americans--were on the margins of American life well before the storm hit."--Publisher description.
Subjects: Social conditions, Hurricane Katrina, 2005, Homes and haunts, African Americans, Homes, Hurricane Katrina (2005) fast (OCoLC)fst01755264, Social aspects, Economics, Homes and hauntstrethewey, natasha d , 1966-, Hurricane katrina, 2005--social aspects, Hurricane katrina, 2005--social aspects--mississippi--gulf coast, Hurricane katrina, 2005--environmental aspects, Hurricane katrina, 2005--environmental aspects--mississippi--gulf coast, Hurricane katrina, 2005--economic aspects, Hurricane katrina, 2005--economic aspects--missisippi--gulf coast, African americans--social conditions, African americans--missisippi--gulf coast--social conditions, African americans--mississippi--gulf coast--social conditions, Hurricane katrina, 2005--economic aspects--mississippi--gulf coast, Ps3570.r433 b49 2010, 818/.6, Environmental aspects, Economic aspects
Places: Missisippi, Mississippi, Gulf Coast
People: Natasha Trethewey (1966-)