Blues for New Orleans: Mardi Gras and America's Creole Soul

by Roger D. Abrahams, John Szwed, Robert Farris Thompson

Book Overview

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as the citizens of New Orleans regroup and put down roots elsewhere, many wonder what will become of one of the nation's most complex creole cultures. New Orleans emerged like Atlantis from under the sea, as the city in which some of the most important American vernacular arts took shape. Creativity fostered jazz music, made of old parts and put together in utterly new ways; architecture that commingled Norman...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812239598
• ISBN13: 9780812239591
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"