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The Discarded Refrigerators of Post-Katrina New Orleans

By: Katheryn Krotzer Laborde

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Paperback | 7 September 2010

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262 Pages

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25.4 x 17.78 x 1.4

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When the floodwaters that swamped metropolitan New Orleans finally receded in September 2005, the post-Hurricane Katrina recovery work began. One of the most common sights during this period was that of the discarded home refrigerator, perched on the curb and ready for disposal. Months later, thousands upon thousands of ruined refrigerators still awaited pick-up, many bearing messages that had been scribbled with markers or blurted with spray paint. These messages, rendered by owners and passers-by alike, ranged from the practical to the sentimental, the angry to the darkly humorous. This book presents the communiques that transformed appliances into message boards, and explores the post-disaster environment that inspired their creation. It features hundreds of black-and-white photographs of the marked refrigerators, along with additional photographs of post-Katrina New Orleans.

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Acknowledgments	p. vi
A Foreword	p. viii
Introduction: Coming Home	p. 1
Refrigerators I: Empty, Full	p. 13
The People Who Grieved, the City They Mourned For	p. 50
Voices of the Storm	p. 76
Refrigerators II: Getting the Word Out	p. 89
Signs of the Times	p. 114
Refrigerators III: Anarchy and Anger	p. 131
Grief and Frigidaires	p. 164
Talkin' Trash	p. 177
Refrigerators IV: Hope, Faith, and Love	p. 199
Epilogue: Gustav	p. 228
Chapter Notes	p. 239
Bibliography	p. 245
Index	p. 249
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