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Southern Decadence in New Orleans (Hardcover)
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Southern Decadence in New Orleans (Hardcover)
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Founded in the summer of 1972 by a few friends as a modest
celebration, the Southern Decadence festival has since grown into
one of New Orleans's largest annual tourist events. The multiday
extravaganza features street parties, drag contests, dancing,
drinking, and bead tosses, culminating with a boisterous parade
through the French Quarter. With over 200,000 participants-
predominantly LGBT+- these unbridled, pre- Labor Day festivities
now generate millions of dollars in revenue. Howard Philips Smith
and Frank Perez's Southern Decadence in New Orleans brings together
an astounding array of materials to provide the first
comprehensive, historical look at Southern Decadence. In an
engaging account spanning five decades, the authors combine a trove
of rare memorabilia from the event's founders, early photographs
and film stills, newspaper and magazine articles, interviews with
longtime participants, a list of all the parades and grand
marshals, as well as reproductions of early Southern Decadence
invitations. Throughout, the authors explore the pivotal moments
and public perceptions related to the festival- including the myths
and conjecture that often inaccurately characterized it- and
provide an in-depth narrative detailing how a small party in the
Faubourg TremA (c) grew into a worldwide destination predominantly
for gay men. Lauded by city leaders as the second-most profitable
festival in New Orleans (outshone only by Mardi Gras), Southern
Decadence emanates an air of frivolity that masks its enormous
impact on the culture and economy of the Crescent City. But with
such growth comes the challenge of maintaining the original spirit
of camaraderie while managing expanding administrative and
logistical responsibilities. Southern Decadence in New Orleans
serves as a historical record that helps ensure the future of the
celebration remains forever linked to the joyous impulse of its
humble beginnings.
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