Sweet Spots: In-Between Spaces in New Orleans
Teresa A. Toulouse and Barbara C. Ewell
Abstract
Sweet Spots examines the dense meanings of interstitial spaces in New Orleans architecture and culture. “Interstitial space” refers not only to distinctive features of New Orleans’ houses—high ceilings, hidden passageways, balconies, courtyards and portes-de-cocheres, for example--but also to the relation of such features to the city’s streets and neighborhoods. Thirteen interdisciplinary contributors explore the roles played by “in-between” spaces in expressing and shaping intersections of race, class, gender, and environment in New Orleans. Sweet Spots is rich with visual materials, from map ... More
Sweet Spots examines the dense meanings of interstitial spaces in New Orleans architecture and culture. “Interstitial space” refers not only to distinctive features of New Orleans’ houses—high ceilings, hidden passageways, balconies, courtyards and portes-de-cocheres, for example--but also to the relation of such features to the city’s streets and neighborhoods. Thirteen interdisciplinary contributors explore the roles played by “in-between” spaces in expressing and shaping intersections of race, class, gender, and environment in New Orleans. Sweet Spots is rich with visual materials, from maps, architectural renderings and surveys, to postcards, photographs, paintings and drawings.
Keywords:
New Orleans culture,
New Orleans architecture,
Interstitial space,
Race, class, and gender in New Orleans,
Urban environment
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2018 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781496817020 |
| Published to University Press of Mississippi: September 2019 |
DOI:10.14325/mississippi/9781496817020.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Teresa A. Toulouse, editor
University of Colorado, Boulder
Barbara C. Ewell, editor
Loyola University New Orleans
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