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Contents Preface vii 1 Introduction: Authentic New Orleans 1 2 Processions and Parades: Carnival Krewes and the Development of Modern Mardi Gras 22 3 “Of Incomprehensible Magnitude and Bewildering Variety”: The 1884 World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition 45 4 Authenticity in Black and White: The Rise of Tourism in the Twentieth Century 69 5 Boosting the Big Easy: New Orleans Goes Global 95 6 From a Culture of Tourism to a Touristic Culture: The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition and the Holy Trinity of New Orleans Tourism 116 7 A Repertoire of Authenticity: Contested Space and Transformation of the French Quarter 142 8 “The Greatest Free Show on Earth”: Intimations and Antinomies of Commodification and Carnival 169 9 Conclusion: The Future of New Orleans 197 Notes 213 Selected Bibliography 255 Index 271 About the Author 281 v ...