ISBN:
9781496817440
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
,
Illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Series Statement:
Mississippi scholarship online
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Karneval
;
Schwarze Frau
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Brauch
;
Carnival
;
African American women
;
African Americans
;
New Orleans, La.
;
New Orleans (La Social life and customs
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
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, & some men, in the early Jim Crow era who adopted New Orleans street-masking tradition as a unique form of fun & self-expression against a backdrop of racial discrimination. Wearing short dresses, bloomers, bonnets, & garters with money tucked tight, they strutted, sang ribald songs, chanted, & danced on Mardi Gras Day & on St. Joseph feast night. Today's Baby Dolls continue the tradition of one of the first street women's masking & marching groups in the United States. They joyfully & unabashedly defy gender roles, claiming public space & proclaiming through their performance their right to social citizenship.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2018
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.14325/mississippi/9781496817396.001.0001
URL:
https://doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496817396.001.0001
