Mardi Gras beads /
Beads are one of the great Crescent City symbols, as much a signifier of the city as a pot of scarlet crawfish or a jazzman's trumpet. They are New Orleans's version of the Hawaiian lei, strung around tourists and conventioneers' necks to demonstrate their enthusiasm for the city. As...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
[2022].
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| Series: | Louisiana true.
LSU Press paperback original. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- It's carnival time
- The arms race
- Bohemia, the costume jewelry capital of the world
- The booming bead business
- Show me something, mister... or miss
- Sex, drugs, rock and roll, and the identity politics of beads
- Eye contact, bad behavior, and tragedy
- More and longer.