Carnival In Louisiana
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Inside The Carnival
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Author : Wayne Parent
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 2006-09-01
Inside The Carnival written by Wayne Parent and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-01 with Political Science categories.
With both an entertainer’s eye and a social scientist’s rigor, Wayne Parent subjects Louisiana’s politics to rational and empirical analysis, seeking and finding coherent reasons for the state’s well-known unique history. He resists resorting to vague hand-waving about “exoticism,” while at the same time he brings to life the juicy stories that illustrate his points. Pa rent’s main theme is that Louisiana’s ethnic mix, natural resources, and geography define a culture that in turn produces its unique political theater. He gives special attention to immigration patterns and Louisiana’s abundant supply of oil and gas, as well as to the fascinating variations in political temperaments in different parts of the state. Most important, he delivers thorough and concise explanations of Louisiana’s unusual legal system, odd election rules, overwrought constitutional history, convoluted voting patterns, and unmatched record of political corruption. In a new epilogue, Parent discusses how the hurricanes of 2005 will affect state politics and politicians as Louisiana struggles to regain its footing in the New South.
Carnival In Louisiana
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Author : Brian J. Costello
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Carnival In Louisiana written by Brian J. Costello and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Carnival categories.
A History Of Carnival In Louisiana
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Author : Brian J. Costello
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
A History Of Carnival In Louisiana written by Brian J. Costello and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Carnival categories.
Louisiana Mardi Gras
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Author : Brian J. Costello
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Louisiana Mardi Gras written by Brian J. Costello and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Carnival categories.
Downtown Mardi Gras
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Author : Leslie A. Wade
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2019-08-01
Downtown Mardi Gras written by Leslie A. Wade and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-01 with Social Science categories.
After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the surrounding region in 2005, the city debated whether to press on with Mardi Gras or cancel the parades. Ultimately, they decided to proceed. New Orleans’s recovery certainly has resulted from a complex of factors, but the city’s unique cultural life—perhaps its greatest capital—has been instrumental in bringing the city back from the brink of extinction. Voicing a civic fervor, local writer Chris Rose spoke for the importance of Carnival when he argued to carry on with the celebration of Mardi Gras following Katrina: “We are still New Orleans. We are the soul of America. We embody the triumph of the human spirit. Hell, we ARE Mardi Gras." Since 2006, a number of new Mardi Gras practices have gained prominence. The new parade organizations or krewes, as they are called, interpret and revise the city’s Carnival traditions but bring innovative practices to Mardi Gras. The history of each parade reveals the convergence of race, class, age, and gender dynamics in these new Carnival organizations. Downtown Mardi Gras: New Carnival Practices in Post-Katrina New Orleans examines six unique, offbeat, Downtown celebrations. Using ethnography, folklore, cultural studies, and performance studies, the authors analyze new Mardi Gras’s connection to traditional Mardi Gras. The narrative of each krewe’s development is fascinating and unique, illustrating participants’ shared desire to contribute to New Orleans’s rich and vibrant culture.
All On A Mardi Gras Day
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Author : Reid MITCHELL
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
All On A Mardi Gras Day written by Reid MITCHELL and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with History categories.
In this study, Reid Mitchell takes the reader to Mardi Gras - a yearly ritual that sweeps the multicultural city of New Orleans into a frenzy of parades, pageantry, dance, drunkenness, music, sexual display, and social and political bombast.
Mardi Gras Chronicles
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Author : Errol Laborde
language : en
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Release Date : 2013-09-10
Mardi Gras Chronicles written by Errol Laborde and has been published by Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-10 with Social Science categories.
The definitive guide to all things Mardi Gras . . . past and present! From Twelfth Night to Ash Wednesday, New Orleans is transformed. Queens and fools, demons and dragons reign over the Crescent City. This vividly photographed book is a lively, comprehensive history of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Fascinating and intimate, this book seamlessly intertwines the past with the present.
New Orleans Carnival Krewes
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Author : Rosary O'Neill
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2014-02-11
New Orleans Carnival Krewes written by Rosary O'Neill and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-11 with History categories.
“The traditions, the secret societies and the history of how New Orleans and Mardi Gras came to be as integral to each other as red beans and rice” (Blogcritics). New Orleans is practically synonymous with Mardi Gras. Both evoke the parades, the beads, the costumes, the food—the pomp and circumstance. The carnival krewes are the backbone of this Big Easy tradition. Every year, different krewes put on extravagant parties and celebrations to commemorate the beginning of the Lenten season. Historic krewes like Comus, Rex, and Zulu that date back generations are intertwined with the greater history of New Orleans itself. Today, new krewes are inaugurated and widen a once exclusive part of New Orleans society. Through careful and detailed research of over three hundred sources, including fifty interviews with members of these organizations, author and New Orleans native Rosary O’Neill explores this storied institution, its antebellum roots and its effects in the twenty-first century. Includes photos! “[A] spirited and richly illustrated account.” —New York Theatre Wire
Mimi And Jean Paul S Cajun Mardi Gras
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Author : Couvillon, Alice
language : en
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Release Date : 1996
Mimi And Jean Paul S Cajun Mardi Gras written by Couvillon, Alice and has been published by Pelican Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with categories.
Mimi visits her cousin Jean-Paul during the celebration of Cajun Mardi Gras in Louisiana.
From Behind The Mask Essays On South Louisiana Mardi Gras Runs
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Author : Barry Jean Ancelet
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-01-24
From Behind The Mask Essays On South Louisiana Mardi Gras Runs written by Barry Jean Ancelet and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-24 with Social Science categories.
From Behind the Mask brings together essays written over a period of more than forty years, based on Barry Jean Ancelet's observations and experiences. Ancelet explores critical elements of the traditional Mardi Gras runs of Cajun and Creole South Louisiana, including strategies for masking, costuming, begging, singing, playing, and moving through the countryside. He addresses historical issues, including the tradition's roots in European and Afro-Caribbean festivals, as well as its contemporary dynamics and ongoing evolution, including local social, cultural and political issues involving class, identity, gender and race. Mardi Gras runs can seem at first glance to be wide-open public celebrations, but they are actually intimate expressions of community solidarity. Carnivalesque play is most effective when the players and their hosts would know each other except for the masks and costumes of the moment. Singing, dancing, intense begging, and verbal play create the improvised theater provided in exchange for contributions to the communal gathering and meal at the end of the day. Mardi Gras is an elaborate game designed to entertain and generate laughter, and because every game has its rules and masters, Mardi Gras capitaines and their deputies ride herd on the revelers to keep play from devolving into chaos. The processional nature of this ritual enables it to move through what the participants think of as their little worlds, turning everything around them into temporary props and stages and drawing observers into their improvised farces, driven by a sense of deep play that tickles power with inversions of social structures and intense interaction from behind the masks.