Fast Spectacle: Reflections on Hurricane Katrina and the Contradictions of Spectacle

Kevin Gotham

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32855/fcapital.200701.006

Keywords: Social Theory, Capitalism, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Critique, Digital Society, Sociology, Scholarly Journal, Peer reviewed journal, Ben Agger, Tim Luke

Abstract

First published at:

http://www.uta.edu/huma/agger/fastcapitalism/2_2/gotham.html

Author Biography

Kevin Gotham

Kevin Fox Gotham is an associate professor of sociology at Tulane University in New Orleans. He teaches courses in urban sociology, urban policy, and social theory. His research focuses on the political economy of real estate, tourism, and urban redevelopment. He is author of Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development: The Kansas City Experience, 1900-2000 (State University of New York Press, 2002), Critical Perspectives on Urban Redevelopment (Elsevier Press, 2001), and Authentic New Orleans: Race, Culture, and Tourism in the Big Easy (New York University Press, 2007).

Fast Capitalism - Volume 2, Issue 2 Cover

Published

2019-04-16

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2007): Fast Capitalism 2.2

Section

Articles

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors of papers published in Fast Capitalism hold copyright to their work. Requests for permission to reprint should be directed to the author.

Fast Capitalism is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.