Description |
xi, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-220) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : Les Mardi Gras come but once a year -- Just like Cinderella : women's traditional Mardi Gras roles -- Not just the work : Cajun women's masking traditions -- Organizing mayhem : country Mardi Gras associations -- All's fair in love and Mardi Gras : the Tee Mamou women's run -- Letting it fly : the Basile run -- Festive reversals : inversion, intensification, and coding -- Epilogue : women's everyday lives and Mardi Gras. |
Subject |
Carnival -- Louisiana.
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Carnival. |
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Louisiana. |
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Cajuns -- Louisiana -- Social life and customs.
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Cajuns. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Women -- Louisiana -- Social life and customs.
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Women. |
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Sex role -- Louisiana.
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Sex role. |
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Louisiana -- Social life and customs.
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Gender roles. |
ISBN |
0252073770 paperback alkaline paper |
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0252031385 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780252031380 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780252073779 paperback alkaline paper |
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