Why read The House of Dance and Feathers?

Book cover of The House of Dance and Feathers: A Museum by Ronald W. Lewis

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In the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Ronald W. Lewis has assembled a museum to the various worlds he inhabits. Built in 2003, the House of Dance & Feathers represents many New Orleans societies: Mardi Gras Indians, Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs, Bone Gangs, and Parade Krewes. More than…

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1 author picked The House of Dance and Feathers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Karl F. Seidman

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Unique cultural and social traditions are a big part of what makes New Orleans a special place.

This book helped me gain a much deeper appreciation of how these traditions build and sustain communities, serve as artistic and political expression and draw on New Orleans’ African and Caribbean connections.

The House of Dance and Feathers is a rare and beautiful book that presents the Mardi Gras Indians, Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs, Second Line parades (and a lot more) from a practitioners’ perspective as told by Ronald W. Lewis, founder of the museum of the book’s title.

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From Karl's list on understanding and appreciating New Orleans.