Mardi Gras, Chic-a-la-Pie

Reasserting Creole Identity Through Festive Play

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2811039
AutoresMarcia Gaudet (autor de correspondencia), Marcia G Gaudet
Año2001
Volumen114
Número452
Páginas154-174
Fecha de publicación2001-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of American Folklore (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-8715 • E-ISSN: 1535-1882
EditorialUniversity of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jaf.2001.0002
OpenAlexW2133681501
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas12

Mardi Gras, in the predominantly Creole and African American 12th Street area of Lafayette, Louisiana, reflects both the cultural diversity of Creoles of color and the dynamics of asserting Creole identity in a region more widely known as Cajun Country. The festive play of this Mardi Gras incorporates Afro-Caribbean performance styles as well as French Louisiana Mardi Gras chants and rituals. Creole identity is reflected, challenged, and celebrated in the intercultural borrowings and negotiations of this carnival performance

Aesthetics · Art · Creole language · Diversity (politics) · Identity (music) · Linguistics · Sociology · Anthropology · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society