{"product_id":"new-orleans-suite-music-and-culture-in-transition-paperback","title":"New Orleans Suite: Music and Culture in Transition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLewis Watts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEric Porter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eNew Orleans Suite, \u003c\/i\u003e Eric Porter and Lewis Watts join the post-Katrina conversation about New Orleans and its changing cultural scene. Using both visual evidence and the written word, Watts and Porter pay homage to the city, its region, and its residents, by mapping recent and often contradictory social and cultural transformations, and seeking to counter inadequate and often pejorative accounts of the people and place that give New Orleans its soul. Focusing for the most part on the city's African American community, \u003ci\u003eNew Orleans Suite\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about people: how bad things have happened to them in the long and short run, how they have persevered by drawing upon and transforming their cultural practices, and what they can teach us about citizenship, politics, and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMainly, a kaleidoscope of styles, voices and sounds - all re-imagined and visualized in image and text... [the book] grounds the reader in the myriad of beats and rhythms of the city as well as historical and contemporary figures who performed [from] Ellington and Blanchard to Mahalia and Mos Def. -- Deborah Willis, author of \u003ci\u003ePosing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...A remarkable act of avowal. With a sharp eye and critical sensibility, Watts and Porter convey the power of place, expressive culture, and tradition in lives of black residents of New Orleans...[lending] their considerable skill and talent to the remarkable struggles, hopes, dreams, and spirit of this unique city and its extraordinary people.\" -- Herman Gray, author of \u003ci\u003eCultural Moves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe official history of post-Katrina New Orleans may never be written, but Lewis Watts and Eric Porter show us how much we can learn about the city simply by opening our eyes and ears. A deft blend of compelling photography and masterful music criticism, \u003ci\u003eNew Orleans Suite\u003c\/i\u003e documents the Black community's determination to survive despite being systematically silenced and maliciously misrepresented. -- George Lipsitz, author of \u003ci\u003eHow Racism Takes Place\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMainly, a kaleidoscope of styles, voices and sounds - all re-imagined and visualized in image and text... [the book] grounds the reader in the myriad of beats and rhythms of the city as well as historical and contemporary figures who performed [from] Ellington and Blanchard to Mahalia and Mos Def. -- Deborah Willis, author of \u003ci\u003ePosing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...A remarkable act of avowal. With a sharp eye and critical sensibility, Watts and Porter convey the power of place, expressive culture, and tradition in lives of black residents of New Orleans...[lending] their considerable skill and talent to the remarkable struggles, hopes, dreams, and spirit of this unique city and its extraordinary people.\" -- Herman Gray, author of \u003ci\u003eCultural Moves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The official history of post-Katrina New Orleans may never be written, but Lewis Watts and Eric Porter show us how much we can learn about the city simply by opening our eyes and ears. A deft blend of compelling photography and masterful music criticism, \u003ci\u003eNew Orleans Suite\u003c\/i\u003e documents the Black community's determination to survive despite being systematically silenced and maliciously misrepresented.\" -- George Lipsitz, author of \u003ci\u003eHow Racism Takes Place\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Porter \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of American Studies, History, and History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Is This Thing Called Jazz?\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a 2003 American Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Problem of the Future World. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLewis Watts \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Art at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is a photographer and visual archivist and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eHarlem of the West, The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era.\u003c\/i\u003e His photography has been exhibited internationally and it is in the collections of major museums across the country.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42153350725767,"sku":"9780520273887","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/910704579a6bcc866cf03b6412119a2c.webp?v=1733220919","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/new-orleans-suite-music-and-culture-in-transition-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}