All on a Mardi Gras Day: Episodes in the History of New Orleans Carnival by Reid Mitchell

All on a Mardi Gras Day: Episodes in the History of New Orleans Carnival



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All on a Mardi Gras Day: Episodes in the History of New Orleans Carnival Reid Mitchell
Language: English
Page: 264
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0674016238, 9780674016231
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Mitchell's Mardi Gras observations are indeed "episodic," to the degree that broader claims he may intend to make about carnival?concerning racial stereotyping, the ritualization of violence, and the mixing up of sexual identities?become diluted. But this native is certainly thoroughgoing. Mitchell examines the major parading "krewes" in detail. He traces the evolution of carnival from a strictly Creole cultural phenomenon at the time of the Louisiana Purchase to its acceptance and cooptation by a new Anglo elite to its status today as a megadollar tourist attraction. The most interesting chapter is on the role of the black organization, Zulu, in highlighting tensions not only between black and white New Orleanians but between the Civil Rights generation and an older one of less educated "maskers." Though generally not as interesting as Carol Flake's meditations in New Orleans: Behind the Masks of America's Most Exotic City (LJ 4/15/94), this is recommended for academic folklore and urban anthropology collections.?Scott H. Silverman, Bryn Mawr Coll. Lib., Pa.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Review

The author is from New Orleans...and places himself within the narrative...This is an excellent illustration of the new type of social history as narrative that fuses sociological and historical motifs. It contributes to this school of historical writing by presenting its stories with clarity and freshness. (Joseph Boskin, Boston University )
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