Standing in the Need: Culture, Comfort, and Coming Home After Katrina

by Katherine E. Browne

Standing in the Need presents an intimate account of an African American family's ordeal after Hurricane Katrina. Before the storm struck, this family of one hundred fifty members lived in the bayou communities of St. Bernard Parish just outside New Orleans. Rooted there like the wild red iris of the coastal wetlands, the family had gathered for generations to cook and share homemade seafood meals, savor conversation, and refresh their interconnected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477307370
• ISBN13: 9781477307373
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"