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Second line rescue : improvised responses to Katrina and Rita / edited by Barry Jean Ancelet, Marcia Gaudet, and Carl Lindahl.

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"Second Line Rescue: Improvised Responses to Katrina and Rita chronicles the brave and creative acts through which Gulf Coast people rescued their neighbors during the chaotic aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Ordinary citizens joined in with whatever resources they had. Unlike many of...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Ancelet, Barry Jean (Editor), Gaudet, Marcia G. (Editor), Lindahl, Carl (Professor) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2013.
Subjects:
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Hurricane Rita, 2005.
Disaster relief > Gulf Coast (U.S.)
Disaster victims > Gulf Coast (U.S.)
Hurricanes > Social aspects > Gulf Coast (U.S.)
Hurricane Katrina > (2005)
Hurricane Rita > (2005)
Disaster relief.
Disaster victims.
Hurricanes > Social aspects.
United States > Gulf Coast.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface: ERNEST J. GAINES: "Where Have You Gone, New Orleans?"; Introduction: BARRY JEAN ANCELET, MARCIA GAUDET, AND CARL LINDAHL: "Second Line Rescue: Improvised Responses to Katrina and Rita"; PART ONE: Vernacular Responders: In the Eye of the Storms and Afterward; BARRY JEAN ANCELET: "Storm Stories: The Social and Cultural Implications of Katrina and Rita"; ROBERT LEBLANC: "My Hurricane Story: The Positive Stories Must Get Out"; FRANÇOIS ANCELET: "Dear Lynda: Man Helping Man"; GLEN MIGUEZ AND BARRY JEAN ANCELET: "An Interview with Glen Miguez."
  • MIKE DAVIS AND ANTHONY FONTENOT: "Hurricane Gumbo"JOCELYN H. DONLON AND JON G. DONLON: "Government Gives Tradition the Go-Ahead: The Atchafalaya Welcome Center's Role in Hurricane Katrina Recovery"; MARCIA GAUDET: "'Don't Get Stuck on Stupid': General Honoré as Culture Hero"; PHOTOS BY DAVE SPIZALE, BARRY JEAN ANCELET, MARY PERRIN, SHARON SUIRE, AND COURTESY OF REBECCA BROUSSARD: "Images from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: A Photo Essay"; PART TWO: Vernacular Self-Rescue: "Victims" Save One Another and Themselves; CARL LINDAHL: "Transforming Endurance."
  • CARL LINDAHL: "Survivor to Survivor: Two Duets"SHARI L. SMOTHERS: "A New Orleans Life: Sharing Marie Barney's Story"; NICOLE EUGENE: "Bridges of Katrina: Three Survivors, One Interview"; JOSEF BROWN; CHANTELL JONES; ANGELA TRAHAN; SIDNEY HARRIS; VINCENT TROTTER; GLENDA JONES STEVENSON HARRIS; CHARLES A. DARENSBOURG; Epilogue: CARL LINDAHL: A Street Named Desire; Acknowledgments; Notes on the Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Interviews; References; Notes on Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

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