Lords of Misrule: Mardi Gras and the Politics of Race in New Orleans
- ISBN-10
- 1604736380
- ISBN-13
- 9781604736380
- Category
- Carnival
- Pages
- 303
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Univ. Press of Mississippi
- Author
- James Gill
Description
"Mardi Gras remains one of the most distinctive features of New Orleans. Although the city has celerated 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." -- back cover.
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- 2004-11-10
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