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Fire in the hole : the spirit work of Fi Yi Yi & the Mandingo Warriors : a collaborative ethnography with the committee members of Fi Yi Yi / edited by Rachel Breunlin ; photographs by Jeffrey David Ehrenreich.
Penn Museum Library GR111.A47 F57 2018
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folk art--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Folk art.
- Mardi Gras Indians--Pictorial works.
- Mardi Gras Indians.
- Carnival costume--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Carnival costume.
- Beadwork--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Beadwork.
- Carnival.
- African Americans.
- New Orleans (La.)--Social life and customs.
- New Orleans (La.).
- African Americans--Louisiana--New Orleans--Folklore.
- African Americans--Louisiana--New Orleans--Interviews.
- Carnival--Louisiana--New Orleans--Art.
- Black people in the performing arts.
- New Orleans (La.)--History.
- Indian art--North America.
- Indian art.
- North America.
- Ethnic performing arts.
- Manners and customs.
- Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Interviews.
- Folklore.
- Art.
- History.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- x, 190 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (color) ; 31 x 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Orleans, LA : The Neighborhood Story Project, an imprint of the University of New Orleans Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "During Mardi Gras, spectators wait for the approach of the Mardi Gras Indians, a sublime spectacle of dancing, chanting, and gorgeous hand-sewn costumes. But rarely are they shown the human stories behind this unique New Orleans tradition. Told through a collective oral history, [this book] weaves together the voices of costumers, anthropologists, and photographers to offer the previously undocumented stories of crafting costumes, tribe formations, and political engagement that has been so important to generations of New Orleanians"--Amazon.com.
- Notes:
- "A lushly illustrated oral history of the Black Indians of New Orleans. You're sure to be swept away by their total performance art: the brilliant masking traditions of a Black Creole culture, which endures because it changes all the time." -- Page 4 of cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190).
- ISBN:
- 9781608011537
- 1608011534
- OCLC:
- 1041942110
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