The 'Baby Dolls': Breaking the Race and Gender Barriers of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Tradition, Paperback - Kim Marie Vaz

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Reducere. 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 Sp...

Reducere. New Orleans is practically synonymous with Mardi Gras. Both evoke the parades, the beads, the costumes, the food--the pomp and circumstance. The ca...

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Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Amy L. StoneIllustration(s): 22 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimension...

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Reducere. The move from spectator to participant is a quantum leap. Yet each Mardi Gras in New Orleans, thousands of people make it, abandoning inhibition an...

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Reducere. A companion to the film, illustrated with full color photos.About the AuthorMark Cotta Vaz is the author of over twenty-one books, including four N...

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This inspiring collection of real life stories captures the struggles and successes of nine remarkable deaf adults and parents of deaf children. Ea...

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