Popular New Orleans: The Crescent City in Periodicals, Theme Parks, and Opera, 1875-2015

ISBN-13: 9780367561086 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 348 str.

Germany) Freitag Florian (University of Duisburg-Essen

Opis

Popular New Orleans traces the evolution of popular depictions of the Crescent City from 19th-century local-color writing to Disney theme parks and post-Katrina operas. Addressing students of the city and popular culture, it examines how images of New Orleans changed from exceptional to exemplary.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Scribner’s Illustrated New Orleans  2. Disney’s Immersive New Orleans  3. Wading Home’s Post-Katrina New Orleans.  Conclusion

O autorze

Florian Freitag is professor of American Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany.