Eckstein, Barbara J., <br/><br/>
Sustaining New Orleans :  literature, local memory, and the fate of a city / 
Barbara Eckstein. 
 - 1 online resource (xvi, 280 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-274) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. The claims for New Orleans exceptionalism 2. "Indiscourageable progress" : the decline of the New Orleans streetcar and the rise Of A streetcar named Desire 3. Sex and the historic city : a walking tour on the wild side 4. Malaise and miasms : Dr. Percy's Moviegoer and public health in New Orleans Environs 5. The spectacle between piety and desire : New Orleans's Black Panthers and Ishmael Reed's neo-hoodooism 6. The vampires' middle passage : the world of Anne Rice and the promise of New Orleans's coast 7. Mapping the spirit region : Sister Helen, the Dead Men, and the folk of New Orleans environs. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203955291 9781135403324 9781135403393 9781135403461 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4324/9780203955291   doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American literature--History and criticism.--Louisiana--New Orleans
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New Orleans (La.)--Intellectual life.<br/>New Orleans (La.)--In literature.<br/>New Orleans (La.)--Civilization.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS267.N49  / E27 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>810.99763  / E192