Lafcadio Hearn, Hurricane Katrina and Mardi Gras: A Nineteenth-Century Folklorist s New Life in New Orleans

Lafcadio Hearn, Hurricane Katrina and Mardi Gras: A Nineteenth-Century Folklorist s New Life in New Orleans

Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was a journalist, writer, and folklorist who lived in Martinique and New Orleans but is best known today as a collector of Japanese folklore. This article considers not Hearn 's life, but his afterlife in cultural memory, especially his place in New Orleans's ide...

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Veröffentlicht in:Western folklore 2014-04, Vol.73 (2/3), p.173
1. Verfasser: Gipson, Jennifer
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Collective memory
Cultural identity
Floods
Folklore
Japanese language
Keywords
Levees & battures
Mardi Gras
Writers
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Zusammenfassung:Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was a journalist, writer, and folklorist who lived in Martinique and New Orleans but is best known today as a collector of Japanese folklore. This article considers not Hearn 's life, but his afterlife in cultural memory, especially his place in New Orleans's identity following hurricane Katrina. KEYWORDS: Lafcadio Hearn, hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Mardi Gras, disaster lore
ISSN:0043-373X