Mardi Gras beads / by MacCash, Doug

Mardi Gras beads / by MacCash, Doug

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Downtown Mardi Gras : new carnival practices in post-Katrina New Orleans / by Wade, Leslie A., Roberts, Robin, 1957-, De Caro, F. A., 1943-2020

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: downtown Mardi Gras -- The St. Joan Of Arc parade, gender, and pride of place -- Skeletons rising in Skinz n Bonez -- Size matters: 'tit Rex -- The Red Beans Krewe: an iconic dish and a new parade -- Chewbacchus and science-fiction carnival -- Reclaiming life and history: the Amazons Benevolent Society and the Black Storyville Baby Dolls -- Conclusion: exceptional performance, exceptional place.…”
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Mardi Gras in Mobile / by Roberts, L. Craig

Cajun women and Mardi Gras : reading the rules backward / by Ware, Carolyn

Table of 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.…”
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Cajun women and Mardi Gras : reading the rules backward / by Ware, Carolyn

Table of 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.…”

All on a Mardi Gras day : episodes in the history of New Orleans Carnival / by Mitchell, Reid

All on a Mardi Gras day : episodes in the history of New Orleans Carnival / by Mitchell, Reid

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An investigation of internship programs at environmental centers in Pennsylvania by Frye, Mardi Mitchell

Lords of misrule : Mardi Gras and the politics of race in New Orleans / by Gill, James

New Orleans carnival balls : the secret side of Mardi Gras, 1870-1920 / by Atkins, Jennifer

Table of Contents: “…Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; Introduction; ONE "Vive La Danse!" Balls and Mardi Gras in New Orleans History; TWO "A Most Brilliant Assembly" Preparing for the Ball and Choreographing Class; THREE "The Age of Chivalry Is Not Passed and Gone" Tableaux Vivants during Reconstruction; FOUR "A Strange and Silent Group" Courtly Grand Marches and Quadrillesin the Gilded Age; FIVE "The Very Maddest Whirlpool of Pleasure" Ballroom Dancing in the Progressive Era; Conclusion; APPENDIX; Table 1: Popular Carnival Court Families, 1870-1920…”
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The great American spectaculars : the Kentucky Derby, Mardi Gras, and other days of celebration / by Ludwig, Jack Barry

Blues for New Orleans : Mardi Gras and America's Creole soul /

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Strange Mergers and Deep Mixture Making -- The Spanish Tinge, Second-Line, and the Black Atlantic Origins of Jazz -- A Festival of Liberation, Protest, Affirmation, and Celebration -- Carnival Knowledge: Mardi Gras in and Beyond New Orleans -- Carnival Along the Gulf Coast -- Conclusion: Mardi Gras Will Never Die…”
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Carnival in Louisiana : celebrating Mardi Gras from the French Quarter to the Red River / by Costello, Brian J.

Table of Contents: “…Acadiana; 9. Courir de Mardi Gras; 10. Lafayette and Environs; 11. Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes; 12. …”
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Carnival, American style : Mardi Gras at New Orleans and Mobile / by Kinser, Sam

Carnival in Louisiana : celebrating Mardi Gras from the French Quarter to the Red River / by Costello, Brian J.

The "Baby Dolls" : breaking the race and gender barriers of the New Orleans Mardi Gras tradition / by Vaz, Kim Marie

Table of Contents: “…Cover; CONTENTS; PRELUDE: On Being an Example of Hope; FOREWORD: Black Storyville; INTRODUCTION: A New Orleans Mardi Gras Masking Tradition; 1. Gender, Race, and Masking in the Age of Jim Crow; 2. …”
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Carnival in Alabama : marked bodies and invented traditions in Mobile / by Machado, Isabel (Cultural historian)

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 5. Queering Mobile's Mardi Gras --…”
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Carnaval! /

Table of Contents: “…"That's my day" : Cajun country Mardi Gras in Basile, Louisiana, USA /…”

Walking raddy : the Baby Dolls of New Orleans /

Table of Contents: “…; Memoirs and Musings; How the Baby Dolls Became an Iconic Part of Mardi Gras; In Memory: Uncle Lionel Batiste (February 11, 1932-July 8, 2012) "Colorful in Life-Rich in Spirit"; Baby Doll Addendum and Mardi Gras '49; Dancing Women of New Orleans Mardi Gras Baby Dolls…”
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