Culture after the Hurricanes: Rhetoric and Reinvention on the Gulf Coast

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This collection would not have been possible without the time, advice, and expertise of a number of people. I am indebted to Marcia Gaudet and John Laudun for their instruction and support during my time at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Craig Gill has been instrumental in bringing this project to fruition, and I am deeply grateful for his kind and generous stewardship . Christine DeVine has proved an invaluable friend and mentor in this, as in all things. Finally, I thank my parents, Jerry and Darlene Hackler, for their patience and enthusiasm, each at just the right moments. This page intentionally left blank CULTURE after the HURRICANES This page intentionally left blank ...