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Do not open : the discarded refrigerators of post-Katrina New Orleans

Title
Do not open : the discarded refrigerators of post-Katrina New Orleans / Katheryn Krotzer Laborde.
ISBN
9780786437894 (softcover : alk. paper)
0786437898 (softcover : alk. paper)
Published
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Publishers, c2010.
Physical Description
viii, 252 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Summary
"One of the most common sights during post-Hurricane Katrina was that of the discarded home refrigerator. This book presents the communiqués that transformed appliances into message boards and explores the post-disaster environment that inspired their creation. It features hundreds of black-and-white photographs of the marked refrigerators, along with photographs of post-Katrina New Orleans"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 31, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Coming home
Refrigerators I : empty, full
The people who grieved, the city they mourned for
Voices of the storm
Refrigerators II : getting the word out
Signs of the times
Refrigerators III : anarchy and anger
Grief and frigidaires
Talkin' trash
Refrigerators IV : hope, faith, and love
Epilogue: Gustav.
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