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Author:

Smith, Howard Philips, author.

Title:

Southern Decadence in New Orleans / Howard Philips Smith & Frank Perez ; foreword by Robert Laurent ; afterword by Maureen Block.

Publisher:

Louisiana State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xiii, 261 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Southern Decadence (Festival)--History.
Gay pride celebrations--New Orleans--New Orleans--History.
Gay pride parades--New Orleans--New Orleans--History.
Festivals--New Orleans--New Orleans--History.

Other Authors:

Perez, Frank, 1968- author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Foreword / by Robert Laurent -- A note on numbering and sources -- Introduction: the quest for the pleasure-dome 1 -- Decadence takes the world, 2016: part 1 -- The birth of Southern Decadence, 1972-1980 -- The French Quarter gay community -- The gaying of Decadence, 1981-1996 -- Southern Decadence and Carnival -- Bar culture and the rise of Decadence -- The AIDS crisis and community building -- The juggernaut, 1997-2015 -- Decadence takes the world, 2016: part 2 -- The future of Southern Decadence -- Afterword / by Maureen Block -- Putting on the parade: interviews with Southern Decadence participants. Edward "Blanche" Norton ; Robert Laurent ; Lou Bernard Jr. ; Errol Rizzuto ; Greg Manogue (Miss Love) -- Rip and Marsha Naquin-Delain ; The super 8mm films ; Early Southern Decadence invitations ; Master list of parades and grand marshals ; In memoriam.

ISBN:

0807169536
9780807169537

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1021064394

LCCN:

2018001241

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)