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by Lolis Eric Elie onMay 6, 2010
Louisiana's culture has survived Katrina, faulty levees, soil erosion and a host of other calamities. But will it survive corporate interests and homogenization? How long can it keep up?
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by Lolis Eric Elie onApril 27, 2010
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival honors Louisiana culture. But in this post-Katrina world, it also mirrors the rifts and tensions about race and class that we find in the rest of the country.
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