1. Blackness and the politics of memory in the New Orleans second line
- Author
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Regis, Helen A.
- Subjects
New Orleans, Louisiana -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations ,Mourning customs -- Social aspects ,African Americans -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations ,Jazz festivals -- Social aspects ,City and town life -- Social aspects ,Anthropology/archeology/folklore ,Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies - Abstract
Popular memorial practices, including traditional jazz funeral processions, are continually being refashioned and re-appropriated for devotional, commercial, and political purposes in New Orleans. Belying nostalgic representations of the jazz funeral as a 'dying tradition,' neighborhood-based parades produced by working-class African Americans continue to provide a space for the articulation of local subjectivities, particularly for those most affected by the violence of contemporary urban life. [blackness, memory, New Orleans, urban space, performance, violence, heritage]
- Published
- 2001