New Orleans Carnival Balls : The Secret Side of Mardi Gras, 1870-1920 /

As Jennifer Atkins suggests in New Orleans Carnival Balls, Mardi Gras has a secret side. After masking and parading through the streets, krewes retreat to theaters, convention centers, and banquet halls to spend the evening at lavish balls where krewe members could cultivate their sense of fraternit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Atkins, Jennifer (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social classes.
Carnival.
Balls (Parties)
Ballroom dancing.
Classes sociales > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire.
Danses de societe > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire.
Bals > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire.
Carnavals > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire.
Social classes > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Ballroom dancing > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Balls (Parties) > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Carnival > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: One. "Vive La Danse!" Balls and Mardi Gras in New Orleans History
  • Two. "A Most Brilliant Assembly" Preparing for the Ball and Choreographing Class
  • Three. "The Age of Chivalry Is Not Passed and Gone" Tableaux Vivants during Reconstruction
  • Four. "A Strange and Silent Group" Courtly Grand Marches and Quadrilles in the Gilded Age
  • Five. "The Very Maddest Whirlpool of Pleasure" Ballroom Dancing in the Progressive Era
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Table 1 Popular Carnival Court Families, 1870
  • 1920
  • Table 2 Carnival Court Family Dynasties in Old-Line Krewes and Tableaux Societies, 1870
  • 1920
  • Table 3 Old-Line Krewe Seasonal Themes, 1870
  • 1916.

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