Mobile, Alabama’s Joe Cain Procession

This article investigates the contradictions that characterize Mobile, Alabama’s Joe Cain Day celebration. We look at the official narratives that established Mobile’s Mardi Gras origin myths and the event’s tradition invention in 1967 with a People’s Parade centered around Cain’s redface character,...

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Main Authors: Emily Ruth Allen, Isabel Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online 2021-12-01
Series:Journal of Festive Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.h-net.org/jfs/article/view/91
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