ISBN:
9781608011537
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1608011534
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 190 Seiten
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Illustrationen
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31 x 24 cm
DDC:
900 /.091763
Keywords:
Folk art
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Mardi Gras Indians Pictorial works
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Carnival costume
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Beadwork
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African Americans Folklore
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African Americans Interviews
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Carnival Art
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Blacks in the performing arts
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Indian art
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Ethnic performing arts
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Mardi Gras Indians
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Maske
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Perle
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Afroamerikanischer Synkretismus
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Africa
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United States
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African Americans
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diasporas
;
festivals
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beadwork
;
pictorial works (form)
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Manners and customs
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Carnival costume
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Beadwork
;
African Americans
;
Indian art
;
Folk art
;
Carnival
;
Blacks in the performing arts
;
Ethnic performing arts
;
Mardi Gras Indians
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North America
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Louisiana ; New Orleans
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Pictorial works
;
Interviews
;
Folklore
;
Art
;
History
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New Orleans (La.) Social life and customs
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New Orleans (La.) History
Abstract:
"During Mardi Gras, spectators wait for the approach of the Mardi Gras Indians, a sublime spectacle of dancing, chanting, and gorgeous hand-sewn costumes. But rarely are they shown the human stories behind this unique New Orleans tradition. Told through a collective oral history, [this book] weaves together the voices of costumers, anthropologists, and photographers to offer the previously undocumented stories of crafting costumes, tribe formations, and political engagement that has been so important to generations of New Orleanians"--Amazon.com
Note:
"A lushly illustrated oral history of the Black Indians of New Orleans. You're sure to be swept away by their total performance art: the brilliant masking traditions of a Black Creole culture, which endures because it changes all the time." -- Page 4 of cover
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Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 189-190
