Blues for New Orleans : Mardi Gras and America's Creole soul /

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In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as the citizens of New Orleans regroup and put down roots elsewhere, many wonder what will become of one of the nation's most complex creole cultures. New Orleans emerged like Atlantis from under the sea, as the city in which some of the most important Ame...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Abrahams, Roger D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2006.
Series:City in the twenty-first century book series.
Subjects:
Carnival > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Creoles > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Carnavals > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire.
Créoles > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Carnival.
Creoles.
Manners and customs.
New Orleans (La.) > History.
New Orleans (La.) > Social life and customs.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
Electronic resource.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Strange Mergers and Deep Mixture Making
  • The Spanish Tinge, Second-Line, and the Black Atlantic Origins of Jazz
  • A Festival of Liberation, Protest, Affirmation, and Celebration
  • Carnival Knowledge: Mardi Gras in and Beyond New Orleans
  • Carnival Along the Gulf Coast
  • Conclusion: Mardi Gras Will Never Die

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