{"product_id":"patina-shannon-lee-dawdy-9780226351056","title":"Patina: A Profane Archaeology","description":"When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the world reacted with shock on seeing residents of this distinctive city left abandoned to the floodwaters. After the last rescue was completed, a new worry arose--that New Orleans's unique historic fabric sat in ruins, and we had lost one of the most charming old cities of the New World. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePatina\u003c\/i\u003e, anthropologist Shannon Lee Dawdy examines what was lost and found through the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. Tracking the rich history and unique physicality of New Orleans, she explains how it came to adopt the nickname \"the antique city.\" With innovative applications of thing theory, \u003ci\u003ePatina\u003c\/i\u003e studies the influence of specific items--such as souvenirs, heirlooms, and Hurricane Katrina ruins--to explore how the city's residents use material objects to comprehend time, history, and their connection to one another. A leading figure in archaeology of the contemporary, Dawdy draws on material evidence, archival and literary texts, and dozens of post-Katrina interviews to explore how the patina aesthetic informs a trenchant political critique. An intriguing study of the power of everyday objects, \u003ci\u003ePatina \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates how sharing in the care of a historic landscape can unite a city's population--despite extreme divisions of class and race--and inspire civil camaraderie based on a nostalgia that offers not a return to the past but an alternative future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shannon Lee Dawdy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022635105X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226351056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2017","brand":"Shannon Lee Dawdy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086406889727,"sku":"9780226351056","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c2bb1f1-e322-4cba-84fa-40c17589e38d.jpg?v=1769094490","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/patina-shannon-lee-dawdy-9780226351056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}