Format:
Book
Title:
Cajun Mardi Gras masks / Carl Lindahl and Carolyn Ware.
Author:
Lindahl, Carl.
Call Number:
391.434097 L64caj
Publisher, Date:
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c1997.
Description:
96 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Summary:
"Here is a study of the Cajun Mardi Gras tradition and its manifestation in the work of six of the most creative and popular folk artists in two rural communities. Potic Rider and the Moreau and LeBlue families represent the largely male maskmaking traditions of Basile, Louisiana. Suson Launey, Renee Fruge, and Jackie Miller are the female counterparts in festivities held in Tee Mamou. As the communities celebrate, their masks become an intrinsic ingredient in the annual rites. This book introudces the artists, the performances, and processes of creating the fantastical masks."--BOOK JACKET.
Series:
Folk art and artists series
Folk art and artists series.
Subjects:
Masks -- Louisiana -- Basile.
Masks -- Louisiana -- Mamou.
Carnival -- Louisiana -- Basile.
Carnival -- Louisiana -- Mamou.
Cajuns -- Louisiana -- Basile -- Social life and customs.
Cajuns -- Louisiana -- Mamou -- Social life and customs.
Other Author:
Ware, Carolyn.
Contents:
Cajun Mardi Gras and Maskmaking. What and Who Are Mardi Gras? Two Mardi Gras Communities. What Happens on Mardi Gras Day. A Historical Sketch of the Screen Mask. Maskmaking Today -- Mardi Gras in Basile: The Men and Their Masks. Basile Maskmakers: Vories Moreau, Potic Rider, J. B. LeBlue and Family. Basile Masks in Action. The Basile Bal -- Women's Mardi Gras in Tee Mamou. Tee Mamou Maskmakers: Suson Launey, Renee Fruge, Jackie Miller. Tee Mamou Masks in Action. The Tee Mamou Dance.
ISBN:
0878059687 (cloth : alk. paper)