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"Baby Dolls": Breaking the Race and Gender Barriers of the New Orleans

"Baby Dolls": Breaking the Race and Gender Barriers of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Tradition Paperback - 2013 - 1st Edition

by Kim Marie Vaz

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; One of the first women's organisations to “mask” in a Mardi Gras parade, the “Million Dollar Baby Dolls” redefined the New Orleans carnival tradition. Tracing their origins from Storyville brothels to post-Katrina New Orleans, K
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  • Title "Baby Dolls": Breaking the Race and Gender Barriers of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Tradition
  • Author Kim Marie Vaz
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher LSU Press
  • Date 2013-01-18
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780807150702_pod
  • ISBN 9780807150702 / 0807150703
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: Louisiana
    • Locality: New Orleans, Louisiana
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Black History
  • Library of Congress subjects Carnival - Louisiana - New Orleans - History, African American women - Louisiana - New
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012023994
  • Dewey Decimal Code 394.250

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About the author

Kim Marie Vaz is the associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of education at Xavier University of Louisiana. Her area of research is the use of expressive arts as a response to large-group social trauma.