Cherchez la femme : New Orleans women /
Contributions by Constance Adler, Karen Celestan, Alison Fensterstock, Kathy Finn, Helen Freund, Cheryl Gerber, Anne Gisleson, Cherice Harrison-Nelson, Karen Trahan Leathem, Katy Reckdahl, Melanie Warner Spencer, Sue Strachan, Kim Vaz-Deville and Geraldine Wyckoff. New Orleans native Cheryl Gerber c...
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- "Foreword
- Sisters by Anne Gisleson
- Acknowledgments
- Photographers notes: here come the girls by Cheryl Gerber
- Culinary
- Leah Chase: the Queen of Creole Cuisine by Helen Freund
- Musicians
- From sweet Emma to Cheeky Blakk: women shaping New Orleans's music scene by Alison Fensterstock
- Germaine Bazzle: New Orleans's first lady of jazz by Geraldine Wyckoff
- Business
- Careers built on dreams: entrepreneurs, businesswomen follow uniquely New Orleans paths by Kathy Finn
- Philanthropists and socialites
- Serving with purpose by Sue Strachan
- Spiritual
- Saints and sisters, psychics and priestesses by Constance Adler
- Activists
- The era of women: a sea change by Katy Reckdahl
- Mardi Gras indian queens
- Unmasked by Cherice Harrison-Nelson
- Mardi Gras krewes
- Goddesses, pussyfooters, and baby dolls: women and carnival in New Orleans by Karen Trahan Leathem
- Baby dolls
- A renaissance of community-based baby doll Mardi Gras masking by Kim Vaz-Deville
- Social aid and pleasure clubs
- African American femininity on display in the streets of New Orleans by Karen Celestan
- Burlesque
- The art of the tease by Melanie Warner Spencer
- Contributors
- Index.