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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
- Title
- 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.
- Publication
- New Orleans, LA : The Neighborhood Story Project, an imprint of the University of New Orleans Press, [2018]
- ©2018
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | Sc G 21-38 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | JFG 20-226 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- x, 190 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (color); 31 x 24 cm
- 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.
- Subject
- Folk art > Louisiana > New Orleans
- Mardi Gras Indians > Pictorial works
- Carnival costume > Louisiana > New Orleans
- Beadwork > Louisiana > New Orleans
- African Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans > Folklore
- African Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans > Interviews
- Carnival > Louisiana > New Orleans > Art
- Black people in the performing arts
- Indian art > North America
- Ethnic performing arts
- Mardi Gras Indians
- Manners and customs
- Carnival costume
- Beadwork
- African Americans
- Indian art
- Folk art
- Carnival
- New Orleans (La.) > Social life and customs
- New Orleans (La.) > History
- North America
- Louisiana > New Orleans
- Genre/Form
- Pictorial works.
- Interviews.
- Folklore.
- Art.
- History.
- Note
- "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.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190).
- Call Number
- Sc G 21-38
- ISBN
- 9781608011537
- 1608011534
- OCLC
- 1041942110
- Title
- 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.
- Publisher
- New Orleans, LA : The Neighborhood Story Project, an imprint of the University of New Orleans Press, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-190).
- Added Author
- Breunlin, Rachel, editor.Ehrenreich, Jeffrey, photographer.Backstreet Cultural Museum.
- Research Call Number
- Sc G 21-38JFG 20-226