Race, Religion, and Revelry: Mardi Gras Costumes in New Orleans (PARTIE 1)

EPISODE NOTES: Every year, one of the biggest parties in the United States takes place in the 300-year-old streets of New Orleans. This episode traces the history of Mardi Gras and its costuming practices in New Orleans up to the twentieth century. Support us at :https://www.patreon.com/historyunhemmedhttps://anchor.fm/historyunhemmed/support Follow us on: Instagram: @history_unhemmed Facebook: History Unhemmed Thank you! <3 Resources: Andrews, George Reid. Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Atkins, Jennifer. New Orleans Carnival Balls: The Secret Side of Mardi Gras 1870-1920. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 2017. Barefield, Allana J. “Embracing Black Mardi Gras keeps the culture alive for the next generation.” The Undefeated, March 5, 2019. Accessed February 21, 2022. Fromont, Cécile, and Michael Iyanaga, eds. Afro-Catholic Festivals in the Americas: Performance, Representation, and the Making of Black Atlantic Tradition. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2019. Gill, James. Lords of Misrule: Mardi Gras and the Politics of Race in New Orleans. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1997. Ingraham, J.H. The South West by a Yankee (New York: Harper & Bros, 1835. Lyell, Charles. A Second Visit to the United States of North America. London: J. Murray, 1849. Miller, Joaquin. “The Three Merry Days of New Oreleans [sic].” The Independent. New York: 5 March 1885.