Middle Eastern Americana
Beyond Orientalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8968994 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Friedlander (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 362-364 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743809091077 |
| OpenAlex | W2159549544 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
From a float decorated as their ibis-headed Egyptian namesake, tarboosh-topped members of the Krewe of Thoth toss trinkets to happy throngs along St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. The occasion is Mardi Gras—not a day but a season in this legendary American city. Along with Thoth parade the krewes (social clubs) of Babylon, Isis, and Cleopatra, among others, the last group winding through Algiers, the second-oldest neighborhood in New Orleans, on the west bank of the Mississippi across from the French Quarter
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Cleopatra · EPIC · Geography · Ibis · Literature · Orientalism · Parade · Quarter (Canadian coin · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Geology · History · Race, History, and American Society
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |