Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas
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Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas
Rebecca Solnit
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas
Rebecca Solnit
Descripción
Like the bestselling Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas, this book is a brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas, one that provides a vivid, complex look at the multi-faceted nature of New Orleans, a city replete with contradictions. More than twenty essays assemble a chorus of vibrant voices, including geographers, scholars of sugar and bananas, the city's remarkable musicians, prison activists, environmentalists, Arab and Native voices, and local experts, as well as the coauthors' compelling contributions. Featuring 22 full-color two-page-spread maps, Unfathomable City plumbs the depths of this major tourist destination, pivotal scene of American history and culture and, most recently, site of monumental disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill.
The innovative maps' precision and specificity shift our notions of the Mississippi, the Caribbean, Mardi Gras, jazz, soils and trees, generational roots, and many other subjects, and expand our ideas of how any city is imagined and experienced. Together with the inspired texts, they show New Orleans as both an imperiled city--by erosion, crime, corruption, and sea level rise--and an ageless city that lives in music as a form of cultural resistance. Compact, lively, and completely original, Unfathomable City takes readers on a tour that will forever change the way they think about place.
The innovative maps' precision and specificity shift our notions of the Mississippi, the Caribbean, Mardi Gras, jazz, soils and trees, generational roots, and many other subjects, and expand our ideas of how any city is imagined and experienced. Together with the inspired texts, they show New Orleans as both an imperiled city--by erosion, crime, corruption, and sea level rise--and an ageless city that lives in music as a form of cultural resistance. Compact, lively, and completely original, Unfathomable City takes readers on a tour that will forever change the way they think about place.
Detalles
Formato | Tapa suave |
Número de Páginas | 176 |
Lenguaje | Inglés |
Editorial | University of California Press |
Fecha de Publicación | 2013-11-18 |
Dimensiones | 12.0" x 7.0" x 0.6" pulgadas |
Letra Grande | No |
Con Ilustraciones | Si |
Temas | Sur Profundo, New Orleans, Luisiana, Luisiana, Medio Sur, Sudeste de EE.UU. |
Acerca del Autor
Rebecca Solnit is the author of many books, including Savage Dreams, Storming the Gates of Paradise, and Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas, all from UC Press. Rebecca Snedeker is an Emmy Award-winning independent filmmaker and native New Orleanian.
Garantía & Otros
Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
Peso: | 0.658 kg |
SKU: | 9780520274044 |
Publicado en Unimart.com: | 19/11/24 |
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