Southern Decadence in New Orleans / Howard Philips Smith & Frank Perez ; foreword by Robert Laurent ; afterword by Maureen Block.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Howard Philips, author.

Perez, Frank, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southern Decadence (Festival)--History.

Southern Decadence (Festival).

Gay pride celebrations--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.

Gay pride celebrations.

Gay pride parades--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.

Gay pride parades.

Festivals--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.

Festivals.

History.

Louisiana--New Orleans.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2018]

Contents:

Foreword / by Robert Laurent

A note on numbering and sources

Introduction: the quest for the pleasure-dome

1.Decadence takes the world, 2016: part 1

2. The birth of Southern Decadence, 1972-1980

3. The French Quarter gay community

4. The gaying of Decadence, 1981-1996

5. Southern Decadence and Carnival

6. Bar culture and the rise of Decadence

7. The AIDS crisis and community building

8. The juggernaut, 1997-2015

9. Decadence takes the world, 2016: part 2

10. The future of Southern Decadence

Afterword / by Maureen Block

Putting on the parade: interviews with Southern Decadence participants. Edward "Blanche" Norton ; Robert Laurent ; Lou Bernard Jr. ; Errol Rizzuto ; Greg Manogue (Miss Love) ; Rip and Marsha Naquin-Delain

Early Southern Decadence Invitations

The super 8mm films

Master list of parades and grand marshals

In memoriam.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807169537

0807169536

OCLC:

1021064394