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Walking raddy : the Baby Dolls of New Orleans / edited by Kim Vaz-Deville ; foreword by Karen Trahan Leathem ; afterword by Tia L. Smith.
Van Pelt Library GT4211.N4 W35 2018
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Carnival--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Carnival.
- African Americans.
- African American women.
- Louisiana--New Orleans.
- African American women--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- African Americans--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Manners and customs.
- New Orleans (La.)--Social life and customs.
- New Orleans (La.).
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Since 2004, the Baby Doll Mardi Gras tradition in New Orleans has gone from an obscure, almost forgotten practice to a flourishing cultural force. The original Baby Dolls were groups of black women, and some men, in the early Jim Crow era who adopted New Orleans street masking tradition as a unique form of fun and self-expression against a backdrop of racial discrimination. Wearing short dresses, bloomers, bonnets, and garters with money tucked tight, they strutted, sang ribald songs, chanted, and danced on Mardi Gras Day and on St. Joseph feast night. Today's Baby Dolls continue the tradition of one of the first street women's masking and marching groups in the US. They joyfully and unabashedly defy gender roles, claiming public space and proclaiming through their performance their right to social citizenship. Essayists draw on interviews, theoretical perspectives, archival material, and historical assessments to describe women's cultural performances that take place on the streets of New Orleans. They recount the history and contemporary resurgence of the Baby Dolls while delving into the larger cultural meaning of the phenomenon. Color photographs and personal narratives of immersive experiences provide passionate testimony of the impact of the Baby Dolls on their audiences."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- "I Know My Ancestors Are Happy" A Conversation with Merline Kimble / Megan Holt Holt, Megan 3
- "True Doll Stories" A Conversation with Cinnamon Black / Kim Vaz-Deville Vaz-Deville, Kim 7
- Claiming Their Own Marli Gras
- Fighting for Freedom Free Women of African Descent in New Orleans and Beyond / Jessica Marie Johnson Johnson, Jessica Marie 21
- Geographies of Pain, Geographies of Pleasure Black Women in Jim Crow New Orleans / LaKisha Michelle Simmons Simmons, LaKisha Michelle 31
- Protectors of the inheritance Black Women Writers of New Orleans / Violet Harrington Bryan Bryan, Violet Harrington 45
- Black Women and Carnival Performance Traditions
- Women Maskers Critics of Social Issues / Pamela R. Franco Franco, Pamela R. 61
- Operationalizing "Baby" for Our Good A Critical Cultural Commentary on Early Twentieth-Century Songs about Women as Baby and Baby Doll / Melanie Bratcher Bratcher, Melanie 75
- From the Bamboula to the Baby Dolls improvisation, Agency, and African American Dancing in New Orleans / Jennifer Atkins Atkins, Jennifer 89
- Is the Unruly Woman Masker Still Relevant? / Kim Vaz-Deville Vaz-Deville, Kim
- Memories and Musings
- How the Baby Dobs Became an Iconic Part of Mardi Gras / Kim Vaz-Deville Vaz-Deville, Kim 141
- In Memory: Uncle Lionel Batiste (February 11, 1932-July 8, 2012) "Colorful in Life-Rich in Spirit" / Jerry Brock Brock, Jerry 167
- Baby Doll Addendum and Mardi Gras '49 / Jerry Brock Brock, Jerry 189
- Dancing Women of New Orleans Mardi Gras Baby Dolls / DeriAnne Meilleur Honora Honora, DeriAnne Meilleur 195
- Reinvention Miss Antoinette K-Doe and Her Baby Dolls / Rachel Carrico Carrico, Rachel 203
- The World That Antoinette K-Doe Made / Rob Florence Florence, Rob 213
- Sass and Circumstance The Magic of the Baby Dolls / Daniele Gair Gair, Daniele 223
- Visual Artists Respond to the New Orleans Baby Dolls
- John McCrady's "Southern Eccentric" Regionalism "Negro Maskers" from the Mardi Gras Day Series of 1948 / Mora J.Beauchamp-Byrd J.Beauchamp-Byrd, Mora 235
- Culture-Building and Contemporary Visual Arts Practice The Case of "Contemporary Artists Respond to the New Orleans Baby Dolls / Ron Bechet Bechet, Ron 261
- Beyond Objectification and Fetishization Telling the Story of the Baby Dolls through the Visual Arts / Sarah Anita Clunis Clunis, Sarah Anita 273
- Contemporary Artists Respond to the Baby Dolls Artists' Statements 285
- Ann Bruce 285
- Phillip Colwart 288
- Keith Duncan 290
- Marielle Jeanpierre 291
- Ulrick Jean-Pierre 293
- Karen La Beau 295
- D. Lammie-Hanson 296
- Meryt Harding 298
- Annie Odell 301
- Ruth Owens 302
- Nathan "Nu'Awlons Natescott" Haynes Scott 305
- Gailene McGhee St.Amand 307
- Charles Lovell 309
- Steve Prince 310
- Vashni Balleste 312.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Walking raddy.
- ISBN:
- 9781496817396
- 1496817397
- 9781496817402
- 1496817400
- OCLC:
- 1011176329
- Publisher Number:
- 99977612841
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