Lords of misrule : Mardi Gras and the politics of race in New Orleans /
Mardi Gras remains one of the most distinctive features of New Orleans. Although the city has celebrated Carnival since its days as a French and Spanish colonial outpost, the rituals familiar today were largely established in the Civil War era by a white male elite. In fact, the men behind the masks...
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[1997], ©1997
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. The Old South on Parade
- Ch. 2. The Rise and Fall of French Carnival
- Ch. 3. Comus Dons Confederate Gray
- Ch. 4. The Krewes and the Klan
- Ch. 5. The Battle of Liberty Place
- Ch. 6. Confederate Krewemen Rise Again
- Ch. 7. "Who Killa da Chief?"
- Ch. 8. Honoring the White League Martyrs
- Ch. 9. Comus and the Kingfish
- Ch. 10. Krewes Come Marching Home Again
- Ch. 11. Miserable Krewes
- Ch. 12. Guess Who's Coming to Rex
- Ch. 13. The Second Battle of Liberty Place
- Ch. 14. The Biter Bit
- Ch. 1 The Old South on Parade
- Ch. 2. The Rise and Fall of French Carnival
- Ch. 3. Comus Dons Confederate Gray
- Ch. 4. The Krewes and the Klan
- Ch. 5. The Battle of Liberty Place
- Ch. 6. Confederate Krewemen Rise Again
- Ch. 7. "Who Killa da Chief?"
- Ch. 8. Honoring the White League Martyrs
- Ch. 9. Comus and the Kingfish
- Ch. 10. Krewes Come Marching Home Again
- Ch. 11. Miserable Krewes
- Ch. 12. Guess Who's Coming to Rex
- Ch. 13. The Second Battle of Liberty Place
- Ch. 14. The Biter Bit.