In this work, the Americanist and New Orleans native Lynnell L. Thomas delves into the relationship between tourism, cultural production, and racial politics. She carefully interprets the racial narratives embedded in tourist websites, travel guides, business periodicals, and ne…
Looking at competing representations of race in New Orleans tourism, Lynnell L. Thomas shows how declarations of racial harmony mask the city's history of racial inequality, how popular notions of New Orleans as a site of desire are intertwined with competing ideas of the city a…
<Div>Looking at competing representations of race in New Orleans tourism, Lynnell L. Thomas shows how declarations of racial harmony mask the city's history of racial inequality, how popular notions of New Orleans as a site of desire are intertwined with competing ideas of the c…
"Most of the narratives packaged for New Orleans's many tourists cultivate a desire for black cultureâ#x80;#x94;jazz, cuisine, danceâ#x80;#x94;while simultaneously targeting black people and their communities as sources and sites of political, social, and natural disaster. In th…