Unveiling the Muse: The Lost History of Gay Carnival in New Orleans
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (635 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1496814010 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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For general readers, the book is full of fascinating stories and beautiful tableaux that will give us all a greater appreciation for the long and diverse history of New Orleans Carnival and the queer people who have shaped it.”Thomas Jessen Adams, lecturer in history and American studies at the University of Sydney and author of Working in the Big Easy: The History and Politics of Labor in New Orleans“In Unveiling the Muse, Howard Philips Smith presents a lively and comprehensive history of New Orleans’s gay Carnival organizations formed in the post-World War II era. This book will be tremendously useful for scholars of New Orleans and of urban gay life across the world. “Unveiling the Muse is a tremendous addition to scholarship on New Orleans and the history of sexuality. His use of archival sources,
Howard Philips Smith, Los Angeles, California, grew up on a farm in rural Mississippi and attended the University of Southern Mississippi. He began writing about pre-AIDS New Orleans and the gay ball scene during the early 1980s, the so-called Golden Age of Gay Carnival. . He lives with his husband and three cats
However, few of them, if any, mention gay Carnival krewes or the role of gay Carnival within the larger context of the season. Reproductions of never-before-published brilliantly designed invitations, large-scale commemorative posters, admit cards, and programs add dimension and life to this history. Much of the history and the krewes themselves were devastated by the AIDS crisis. A culmination of two decades of research, Unveiling the Muse positions this incredible story within its proper place as an amazing and important facet of traditional