Southern Decadence in New Orleans /

"Founded in the summer of 1972 by a few friends as a modest celebration, the Southern Decadence festival has since grown into one of New Orleans's largest annual tourist events. The multiday extravaganza features street parties, drag contests, dancing, drinking, and bead tosses, culminatin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Smith, Howard Philips (Autor), Perez, Frank, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Gay pride parades.
Gay pride celebrations.
Festivals.
Festivals > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Gay pride parades > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Gay pride celebrations > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / by Robert Laurent
  • A note on numbering and sources
  • Introduction: the quest for the pleasure-dome
  • 1.Decadence takes the world, 2016: part 1
  • 2. The birth of Southern Decadence, 1972-1980
  • 3. The French Quarter gay community
  • 4. The gaying of Decadence, 1981-1996
  • 5. Southern Decadence and Carnival
  • 6. Bar culture and the rise of Decadence
  • 7. The AIDS crisis and community building
  • 8. The juggernaut, 1997-2015
  • 9. Decadence takes the world, 2016: part 2
  • 10. The future of Southern Decadence
  • Afterword / by Maureen Block
  • Putting on the parade: interviews with Southern Decadence participants. Edward "Blanche" Norton ; Robert Laurent ; Lou Bernard Jr. ; Errol Rizzuto ; Greg Manogue (Miss Love) ; Rip and Marsha Naquin-Delain
  • Early Southern Decadence Invitations
  • The super 8mm films
  • Master list of parades and grand marshals
  • In memoriam.

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