Civic Engagement in the Wake of Katrina Amy Koritz and George J. Sanchez, editors. - 1 online resource (x, 240 p.) : ill., maps ; - The new public scholarship . - New public scholarship. Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Bring your own chairs": civic engagement in postdiluvial New Orleans / A reciprocity of tears: community engagement after a disaster / Not since the Great Depression: the documentary impulse post-Katrina / Another evacuation story / The vision has its time: culture and civic engagement in postdisaster New Orleans / How to raise an army (of creative young people) / The Gulfsouth Youth Action Corps: the story of a local CBO's response to restoring youth programs in New Orleans after Katrina and Rita / Welcoming the newcomers: civic engagement among pre-Katrina Latinos / Cultural policy and living culture in New Orleans after Katrina / Home, New Orleans: university/neighborhood arts collaborations / Interview with Don Marshall, executive director of the New Orleans jazz and heritage festival foundation / Afterword: civic engagement is a language- what can universities learn from public cultural work in New Orleans? / Richard Campanella -- Pat Evans, Sarah Lewis -- Michael Mizell-Nelson -- Rebecca Mark -- Carol Bebelle -- Mat Schwarzman, Keith Knight -- Kyshun Webster, D. Hamilton Simons-Jones -- Elizabeth Fussell -- Carole Rosenstein -- Jan Cohen-Cruz -- Amy Koritz -- Julie Ellison.

Open Access

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Political participation--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--21st century.
City and town life--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--21st century.
Community life--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--21st century.
Disaster relief--Social aspects--History--Louisiana--New Orleans--21st century.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects--Louisiana--New Orleans.


New Orleans (La.)--Intellectual life--21st century.
New Orleans (La.)--Cultural policy.
New Orleans (La.)--Social life and customs--21st century.
New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions--21st century.


Electronic books.

HN80.N45 / C58 2009

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