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Book Title
Cajun Mardi Gras Masks
Publication Date
2014-04-17
Pages
96
ISBN
9781617031342
Subject Area
Art, Social Science
Publication Name
Cajun Mardi Gras Masks
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Item Length
8 in
Subject
Ethnic Studies / General, Folk & Outsider Art, Folklore & Mythology
Publication Year
2011
Series
Folk Art and Artists Ser.
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.2 in
Author
Carl Lindahl, Carolyn Ware
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Width
8 in
Number of Pages
96 Pages

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Every winter a handful of Cajun Louisiana folk artists assembles unlikely mixtures of material to shape masks for their Cajun Mardi Gras celebrations. They use window screens, chicken feathers, yarn, hair, Magic Markers, and hot glue as they create fanciful, even bizarre masks that will be worn just one day in the year. Such creations transform their wearers into wild revelers who move through the countryside singing, dancing, and begging for money and food. As they generate merriment, they climb trees, chase chickens, and create a general and playful havoc. Cajun Mardi Gras celebrants are unlike their counterparts in New Orleans, where masked revelers ride through the streets on floats or parade serenely through ballrooms. The masked country Cajuns engage in rousing, physically energetic performances as they cavort through the countryside. Out of necessity their captivating masks combine the ingredients of durability, shock value, and allure with age-old folk patterns and innovations from contemporary culture. Here is a study of the Cajun Mardi Gras tradition and its manifestation in the work of six of the most creative and popular folk artists in two rural communities. Potic Rider and the Moreau and LeBlue families represent the male maskmaking traditions of Basile, Louisiana. Suson Launey, Renee Fruge, and Jackie Miller portray the female role in festivities held in the rural region of Tee Mamou. As the communities celebrate, their masks become an intrinsic component of the annual rites. This book introduces the artists, the performances, and processes of creating the fantastical masks. Carl Lindahl, co-editor of Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana (University Press of Mississippi), is a professor of English at the University of Houston. Carolyn Ware is Coordinator of the Pine Hills Culture Program at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg

Product Identifiers

Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
ISBN-10
1617031348
ISBN-13
9781617031342
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102841300

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
96 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Cajun Mardi Gras Masks
Publication Year
2011
Subject
Ethnic Studies / General, Folk & Outsider Art, Folklore & Mythology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Art, Social Science
Author
Carl Lindahl, Carolyn Ware
Series
Folk Art and Artists Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
391.434
Copyright Date
1997

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