- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
-
Interspace One City Palimpsest -
Chapter One Interstitial Urban Space -
Chapter Two The Broken Plantation and the Sweet Space of Gardens -
Interspace Two Interstitial Systems -
Chapter Three Connection, Separation, and Mediation -
Chapter Four Harmony Street -
Interspace Three Representing the In-Between -
Chapter Five Degas’s New Orleanian Spaces -
Chapter Six John Galsworthy’s “That Old-Time Place” -
Interspace Four Constituting and Contesting the Interstitial -
Chapter Seven “Seeing the Elephant” in New Orleans’s Interstitial Spaces -
Chapter Eight Where Women Live -
Chapter Nine Congo Square as a Lieu de Souvenir in New Orleans -
Interspace Five In-Betweenness in Motion -
Chapter Ten Into the Between -
Chapter Eleven The Cultural Democracy of the Second Line -
Interspace Six “Authenticity,” Simulacra, and Apocalypse -
Chapter Twelve Airportness in New Orleans -
Chapter Thirteen Carnival at the Edge of the Abyss - Interspace Seven
- Bibliography
- About the Contributors
- Index
The Broken Plantation and the Sweet Space of Gardens
The Broken Plantation and the Sweet Space of Gardens
- Chapter:
- (p.25) Chapter Two The Broken Plantation and the Sweet Space of Gardens
- Source:
- Sweet Spots
- Author(s):
Ruth Salvaggio
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
This chapter documents how gardens have historically taken their interstitial shapes in the breakdown of the plantation system. Emerging on the site of former plantations and within the tightly wedged architecture of the developing city, diverse gardens have offered fertile aesthetic and functional grounds for sustaining this fragile city as well as possible patterns of urban sustainability. The chapter opens with a reading of Tennessee Williams’ iconic play, A Streetcar Named Desire, and ends by reimagining the city as a water lily, adapting itself to its fluid environment.
Keywords: Gardens, Plantations, Sustainability, A Streetcar Named Desire, Interstitial
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
-
Interspace One City Palimpsest -
Chapter One Interstitial Urban Space -
Chapter Two The Broken Plantation and the Sweet Space of Gardens -
Interspace Two Interstitial Systems -
Chapter Three Connection, Separation, and Mediation -
Chapter Four Harmony Street -
Interspace Three Representing the In-Between -
Chapter Five Degas’s New Orleanian Spaces -
Chapter Six John Galsworthy’s “That Old-Time Place” -
Interspace Four Constituting and Contesting the Interstitial -
Chapter Seven “Seeing the Elephant” in New Orleans’s Interstitial Spaces -
Chapter Eight Where Women Live -
Chapter Nine Congo Square as a Lieu de Souvenir in New Orleans -
Interspace Five In-Betweenness in Motion -
Chapter Ten Into the Between -
Chapter Eleven The Cultural Democracy of the Second Line -
Interspace Six “Authenticity,” Simulacra, and Apocalypse -
Chapter Twelve Airportness in New Orleans -
Chapter Thirteen Carnival at the Edge of the Abyss - Interspace Seven
- Bibliography
- About the Contributors
- Index
