| The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans Contributor(s): Sublette, Ned (Author) |
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ISBN: 1613736746 ISBN-13: 9781613736746 Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - 21st Century - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 780.976 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.6" W x 8.7" (1.35 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Deep South - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ned Sublette traces an arc of his own experience, from the white supremacy of segregated 1950s Louisiana through the funky year of 2004-2005. By turns irreverent, joyous, darkly comic, passionate, and polemical, he juxtaposes the city's crowded calendar of parties, festivals, and parades with the murderousness of its poverty and its legacy of racism. With a grand cast of musicians and barkeeps, scholars and thugs, vibrating with the sheer excitement of New Orleans, The Year Before the Flood is an affirmation of the power of the city's culture and a heartbreaking tale of loss. |