Walking Raddy : The Baby Dolls of New Orleans /

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"Since 2004, the Baby Doll Mardi Gras tradition in New Orleans has gone from an obscure, almost forgotten practice to a flourishing cultural force. The original Baby Dolls were groups of black women, and some men, in the early Jim Crow era who adopted New Orleans street masking tradition as a u...

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Otros Autores: Leathem, Karen Trahan (writer of foreword.), Vaz, Kim Marie (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Manners and customs.
Carnival.
African Americans.
African American women.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Noirs americains > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans.
Noires americaines > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans.
Carnavals > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans.
African Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans.
African American women > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Carnival > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Since 2004, the Baby Doll Mardi Gras tradition in New Orleans has gone from an obscure, almost forgotten practice to a flourishing cultural force. The original Baby Dolls were groups of black women, and some men, in the early Jim Crow era who adopted New Orleans street masking tradition as a unique form of fun and self-expression against a backdrop of racial discrimination. Wearing short dresses, bloomers, bonnets, and garters with money tucked tight, they strutted, sang ribald songs, chanted, and danced on Mardi Gras Day and on St. Joseph feast night. Today's Baby Dolls continue the tradition of one of the first street women's masking and marching groups in the US. They joyfully and unabashedly defy gender roles, claiming public space and proclaiming through their performance their right to social citizenship. Essayists draw on interviews, theoretical perspectives, archival material, and historical assessments to describe women's cultural performances that take place on the streets of New Orleans. They recount the history and contemporary resurgence of the Baby Dolls while delving into the larger cultural meaning of the phenomenon. Color photographs and personal narratives of immersive experiences provide passionate testimony of the impact of the Baby Dolls on their audiences." -- provided by publisher.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (368 pages).
ISBN:9781496817440

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