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Civic engagement in the wake of Katrina /

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Other Authors: Koritz, Amy, 1955-, Sanchez, George J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.
Series:The new public scholarship
Subjects:
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Social aspects > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Disaster relief > Social aspects > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 21st century.
Community life > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 21st century.
City and town life > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 21st century.
Political participation > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 21st century.
New Orleans (La.) > Social conditions > 21st century.
New Orleans (La.) > Social life and customs > 21st century.
New Orleans (La.) > Cultural policy.
New Orleans (La.) > Intellectual life > 21st century.
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Table of Contents:
  • "Bring your own chairs": civic engagement in postdiluvial New Orleans / Richard Campanella
  • A reciprocity of tears: community engagement after a disaster / Pat Evans, Sarah Lewis
  • Not since the Great Depression: the documentary impulse post-Katrina / Michael Mizell-Nelson
  • Another evacuation story / Rebecca Mark
  • The vision has its time: culture and civic engagement in postdisaster New Orleans / Carol Bebelle
  • How to raise an army (of creative young people) / Mat Schwarzman, Keith Knight
  • The Gulfsouth Youth Action Corps: the story of a local CBO's response to restoring youth programs in New Orleans after Katrina and Rita / Kyshun Webster, D. Hamilton Simons-Jones
  • Welcoming the newcomers: civic engagement among pre-Katrina Latinos / Elizabeth Fussell
  • Cultural policy and living culture in New Orleans after Katrina / Carole Rosenstein
  • Home, New Orleans: university/neighborhood arts collaborations / Jan Cohen-Cruz
  • Interview with Don Marshall, executive director of the New Orleans jazz and heritage festival foundation / Amy Koritz
  • Afterword: civic engagement is a language- what can universities learn from public cultural work in New Orleans? / Julie Ellison.