{"product_id":"queer-carnival-amy-l-stone-9781479801985","title":"Queer Carnival: Festivals and Mardi Gras in the South","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe importance of citywide festivals like Mardi Gras and Fiesta for the LGBTQ community\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFestivals like Mardi Gras and Fiesta have come to be annual events in which entire cities participate, and LGBTQ people are a visible part of these celebrations. In other words, the party is on, the party is queer, and everyone is invited. In \u003ci\u003eQueer Carnival\u003c\/i\u003e, Amy Stone takes us inside these colorful, eye-catching, and often raucous events, highlighting their importance to queer life in America's urban South and Southwest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on five years of research, and over a hundred days at LGBTQ events in cities such as San Antonio, Santa Fe, Baton Rouge, and Mobile, Stone gives readers a front-row seat to festivals, carnivals, and Mardi Gras celebrations, vividly bringing these queer cultural spaces and the people that create and participate in them to life. Stone shows how these events serve a larger fundamental purpose, helping LGBTQ people to cultivate a sense of belonging in cities that may be otherwise hostile. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eQueer Carnival \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an important new perspective on queer life in the South and Southwest, showing us the ways that LGBTQ communities not only survive, but thrive, even in the most unexpected places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy L. Stone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479801984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479801985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Amy L. Stone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981792116991,"sku":"9781479801985","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc5e1b5f-05b6-4a76-868b-f807f1bd14d8.jpg?v=1683257543","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/queer-carnival-amy-l-stone-9781479801985","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}