Flat Tuesday
Leah Chase Float House, New Orleans, 2/15/2021. Photo: David Beriss David Beriss Today is Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, and it is usually the occasion for the big blow…
Tag: Carnival
Jubilation During Trying Times: Carnival in Guinea-Bissau
~ an essay with photos ~ For decades, the small West African country of Guinea-Bissau has been plagued by coups, misrule, political instability and non-existent infrastructures. It is often describe…
King Cake!
King cake, New Orleans style David Beriss University of New Orleans I ate three pieces of cake on Wednesday. All in the name of research, of course. I…
Social media as hyper-visibility
Image courtesy of Kris A, Creative Commons After an intensive few months of hiding away finishing our books (and neglecting this blog), we have come back together…
Fleeting friendships and community for Carnival
The institutionalisation of atomistic individualism over the need and necessity of social groups and relations – seen through Carnival It has become impossible today to describe the …