| Development Drowned and Reborn: The Blues and Bourbon Restorations in Post-Katrina New Orleans Contributor(s): Woods, Clyde (Author), Pulido, Laura (Editor), Camp, Jordan T. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820350915 ISBN-13: 9780820350912 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $98.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | Historical Geography - History | African American |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 2017941819 |
| Series: Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.66 lbs) 396 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Topical - Black History - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Development Drowned and Reborn is a "Blues geography" of New Orleans, one that compels readers to return to the history of the Black freedom struggle there to reckon with its unfinished business. Reading contemporary policies of abandonment against the grain, Clyde Woods explores how Hurricane Katrina brought long-standing structures of domination into view. In so doing, Woods delineates the roots of neoliberalism in the region and a history of resistance. Written in dialogue with social movements, this book offers tools for comprehending the racist dynamics of U.S. culture and economy. Following his landmark study, Development Arrested, Woods turns to organic intellectuals, Blues musicians, and poor and working people to instruct readers in this future-oriented history of struggle. Through this unique optic, Woods delineates a history, methodology, and epistemology to grasp alternative visions of development. Woods contributes to debates about the history and geography of neoliberalism. The book suggests that the prevailing focus on neoliberalism at national and global scales has led to a neglect of the regional scale. Specifically, it observes that theories of neoliberalism have tended to overlook New Orleans as an epicenter where racial, class, gender, and regional hierarchies have persisted for centuries. Through this Blues geography, Woods excavates the struggle for a new society. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pulido, Laura: - LAURA PULIDO is a professor of ethnic studies and geography at the University of Oregon.Woods, Clyde: - CLYDE WOODS (1957-2011) was an associate professor of Black studies and acting director of the Center for Black Studies Research at the University of California, Santa Barbara, author of Development Arrested: The Blues and Plantation Power in the Mississippi Delta, and editor of In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina: New Paradigms and Social Visions.Camp, Jordan T.: - JORDAN T. CAMP is Director of Research at the People's Forum, Visiting Scholar in the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and Co-Director of the Racial Capitalism Working Group in the Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University. |