| Item 9780820328225$12.95 - $67.47 Between the World Wars, New Orleans transformed its image from that of a corrupt and sullied port of call into that of a national tourist destination. Anthony J. Stanonis tells how boosters and politicians reinvented the city to build a modern mass tourism industry and, along the way, fundamentally changed the city's cultural, economic, r... | |
Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans Brothels, Depravity, and Abandoned Women : Illega... County Routes in Orleans County, New York Between the World Wars, New Orleans transformed its image from that of a corrupt and sullied port of call into that of a national tourist destination. Anthony J. Stanonis tells how boosters and politicians reinvented the city to build a modern mass tourism industry and, along the way, fundamentally changed the city's cultural, economic, racial, and gender structure. Stanonis looks at the importance of urban development, historic preservation, taxation strategies, and convention marketing to New Orleans' makeover and chronicles the city's efforts to domesticate its jazz scene, "democratize" Mardi Gras, and stereotype local blacks into docile, servile roles. He also looks at depictions of the city in literature and film and gauges the impact on New Orleans of white middle-class America's growing prosperity, mobility, leisure time, and tolerance of women in public spaces once considered off-limits. Visitors go to New Orleans with expectations rooted in the city's "past": to revel with Mardi Gras maskers, soak up the romance of the French Quarter, and indulge in rich cuisine and hot music. Such a past has a basis in history, says Stanonis, but it has been carefully excised from its gritty context and scrubbed clean for mass consumption.
In a timely social history of this longtime tourist mecca, Stanonis (history, Texas A&M U.), a New Orleans native, examines the city's little-studied interwar years. He culls facts from myths in tracing the creation of Big Easy tourism in this period, the one in which modern infrastructure problems have their roots. Changing sex roles and the enduring racial divide are major themes. Drawing on the author's study of Faulkner's characterization of Mardi Gras in his 1935 novel Pylon, the book includes period images. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Creating the Big Easy : New Orleans And the Emergence of Modern Tourism, 1918-1945 General
| ISBN | 9780820328225 |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Publisher | Univ of Georgia Pr |
| Pages | 317 |
| List Price | $24.95 |
| Author | Stanonis, Anthony J. |
| Publication Date | 06/05/2006 |
| Release Status | In Print |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Measurements | Height: 8.75 Inches (US)Width: 6 Inches (US)Thickness: 1 Inches (US)Unit Weight: 1.15 Pounds (US) |
Between the World Wars, New Orleans transformed its image from that of a corrupt and sullied port of call into that of a national tourist destination. Anthony J. Stanonis tells how boosters and politicians reinvented the city to build a modern mass tourism industry and, along the way, fundamentally changed the city's cultural, economic, racial, and gender structure. Stanonis looks at the importance of urban development, historic preservation, taxation strategies, and convention marketing to New Orleans' makeover and chronicles the city's efforts to domesticate its jazz scene, "democratize" Mardi Gras, and stereotype local blacks into docile, servile roles. He also looks at depictions of the city in literature and film and gauges the impact on New Orleans of white middle-class America's growing prosperity, mobility, leisure time, and tolerance of women in public spaces once considered off-limits. Visitors go to New Orleans with expectations rooted in the city's "past": to revel with Mardi Gras maskers, soak up the romance of the French Quarter, and indulge in rich cuisine and hot music. Such a past has a basis in history, says Stanonis, but it has been carefully excised from its gritty context and scrubbed clean for mass consumption.
In a timely social history of this longtime tourist mecca, Stanonis (history, Texas A&M U.), a New Orleans native, examines the city's little-studied interwar years. He culls facts from myths in tracing the creation of Big Easy tourism in this period, the one in which modern infrastructure problems have their roots. Changing sex roles and the enduring racial divide are major themes. Drawing on the author's study of Faulkner's characterization of Mardi Gras in his 1935 novel Pylon, the book includes period images. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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