Date of Award
Fall 12-2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.S.
Degree Program
Urban Studies
Department
Planning and Urban Studies
Major Professor
Dr. David Beriss
Second Advisor
Dr. Martha Ward
Third Advisor
Dr. Michael Mizell-Nelson
Abstract
For nearly 200 years, there has been a neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana named Milneburg, which has been constantly reimagined by its inhabitants and others. From its inception as a port of entry in 1832 until the 2011, it has been called a world-class resort, the poor-man's Riviera, a seedy red-light district, a cradle of jazz, a village, a swath of suburbia and a neighborhood. It has been destroyed eight times due to storms, fires, and civic or governmental neglect. Each time its residents have rebuilt it. In its last iteration as a post-Katrina neighborhood, the residents reestablished the Milneburg Neighborhood Association in order to define its boundaries, gain control of its redevelopment and restrict who lived there as well as what activities were permitted. This is a case study of the trajectory of Milneburg and the cultural adaptations of its residents to keep it distinct, vital and respectable.
Recommended Citation
Smallwood, Betty A., "Milneburg, New Orleans: An Anthropological History of a Troubled Neighborhood" (2011). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 1393.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1393
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