Cajun women and Mardi Gras : reading the rules backward / Carolyn E. Ware.

Author/creator Ware, Carolyn
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxi, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : Les Mardi Gras come but once a year -- Just like Cinderella : women's traditional Mardi Gras roles -- Not just the work : Cajun women's masking traditions -- Organizing mayhem : country Mardi Gras associations -- All's fair in love and Mardi Gras : the Tee Mamou women's run -- Letting it fly : the Basile run -- Festive reversals : inversion, intensification, and coding -- Epilogue : women's everyday lives and Mardi Gras.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [209]-220) and index.
LCCN 2006015293
ISBN0252031385 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780252031380 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0252073770 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780252073779 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GT4210.L8 W37 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold