LEADER 04668nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910812870903321 005 20240418022556.0 010 $a1-283-21138-6 010 $a9786613211385 010 $a0-8122-0100-0 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812201000 035 $a(CKB)2550000000051222 035 $a(EBL)3441583 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000543122 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11367158 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543122 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10511815 035 $a(PQKB)10184628 035 $a(OCoLC)759158282 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3099 035 $a(DE-B1597)448953 035 $a(OCoLC)979744143 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812201000 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441583 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10492040 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL321138 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441583 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000051222 100 $a20060315h20062006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aBlues for New Orleans $eMardi Gras and America's Creole soul /$fRoger D. Abrahams ... [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aPhiladelphia :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d2006. 210 4$aŠ2006 215 $a1 online resource (112 pages) 225 1 $aThe City in the twenty-first century 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8122-3959-8 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$tStrange Mergers and Deep Mixture Making --$tA Festival of Liberation, Protest, Affirmarion, and Celebration --$tCarnival Knowledge: Mardi Gras in and Beyond New Orleans --$tCarnival Along the Gulf Coast --$tConclusion: Mardi Gras Will Never Die 330 $aIn the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as the citizens of New Orleans regroup and put down roots elsewhere, many wonder what will become of one of the nation's most complex creole cultures. New Orleans emerged like Atlantis from under the sea, as the city in which some of the most important American vernacular arts took shape. Creativity fostered jazz music, made of old parts and put together in utterly new ways; architecture that commingled Norman rooflines, West African floor plans, and native materials of mud and moss; food that simmered African ingredients in French sauces with Native American delicacies. There is no more powerful celebration of this happy gumbo of life in New Orleans than Mardi Gras. In Carnival, music is celebrated along the city's spiderweb grid of streets, as all classes and cultures gather for a festival that is organized and chaotic, individual and collective, accepted and licentious, sacred and profane.The authors, distinguished writers who have long engaged with pluralized forms of American culture, begin and end in New Orleans-the city that was, the city that is, and the city that will be-but traverse geographically to Mardi Gras in the Louisiana Parishes, the Carnival in the West Indies and beyond, to Rio, Buenos Aires, even Philadelphia and Albany. Mardi Gras, they argue, must be understood in terms of the Black Atlantic complex, demonstrating how the music, dance, and festive displays of Carnival in the Greater Caribbean follow the same patterns of performance through conflict, resistance, as well as open celebration. After the deluge and the finger pointing, how will Carnival be changed? Will the groups decamp to other Gulf Coast or Deep South locations? Or will they use the occasion to return to and express a revival of community life in New Orleans? Two things are certain: Katrina is sure to be satirized as villainess, bimbo, or symbol of mythological flood, and political leaders at all levels will undoubtedly be taken to task. The authors argue that the return of Mardi Gras will be a powerful symbol of the region's return to vitality and its ability to express and celebrate itself. 410 0$aCity in the twenty-first century book series. 606 $aCarnival$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xHistory 606 $aCreoles$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xHistory 607 $aNew Orleans (La.)$xHistory 607 $aNew Orleans (La.)$xSocial life and customs 610 $aAnthropology. 610 $aFolklore. 610 $aLinguistics. 615 0$aCarnival$xHistory. 615 0$aCreoles$xHistory. 676 $a394.2509763/35 700 $aAbrahams$b Roger D.$0223967 701 $aAbrahams$b Roger D$0223967 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812870903321 996 $aBlues for New Orleans$94125592 997 $aUNINA