Freedom's dance : social, aid and pleasure clubs in New Orleans / photographs by Eric Waters ; narrative by Karen Celestan ; featured essays by James B. Borders IV, Rachel Carrico and Esailama Artry-Diouf, Freddi Williams Evans and Zada Johnson, Joyce Marie Jackson, Kalamu Ya Salaam, Charles E. Siler, and Michael G. White ; selected interviews by Valentine Pierce.
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction / Karen Celestan
- My Life's Work: Freedom's Dance / Eric Waters
- Part I. Root Of The Second Line: New Orleans Second Line Aesthetics and Identity / Joyce Marie Jackson
- Chapter 1. Up from Congo Square / Karen Celestan ; Interview with Alfred "Bucket" Carter / Valentine Pierce ; Freedom Dances across the Diaspora : The Cultural Connections of New Orleans Second Line, Cuban Conga, and Haitian Rara / Freddi Williams Evans and Zada Johnson ; Interview with Lionel "Unca Lionel" Batiste / Karen Celestan and Eric Waters
- Part II. Calling Up Glory: You Can't Touch This ... / Kalamu ya Salaam
- Chapter 2. Ladies on the Move / Karen Celestan ; Interview with Barbara Lacen Keller / Valentine Pierce
- Chapter 3. Symbols and Accessories / Karen Celestan ; SAPC Accessories as Art, or Is It Vice Versa? History and Overview from an Artist's Perspective / Charles E. Siler ;Interview with Fred Johnson / Valentine Pierce
- Part III. We Are The Second Line: New Orleans Negritude and the Second Line: Stankness, Stupidity, and Doofus Overload in the Streets / James B. Borders IV
- Chapter 4. Cradle of the Community / Karen Celestan ; Interview with Norman Dixon, Jr. / Valentine Pierce
- Chapter 5. Stylin' and Profilin' / Karen Celestan ; Special Features: Interview with Lois Andrews / Oliver "Squirk" Hunter
- Part IV. Essential Rhythms: A Musician's Life in the Second Line / Michael G. White
- Chapter 6. Rollin' and Strollin' ; Interview with Wanda Rouzan / Karen Celestan ; Flying High: Function and Form in New Orleans Second Line Dancing / Rachel Carrico and Esailama Artry-Diouf ; Special Feature: Dance and Movement / Karen Celestan
- Chapter 7. Keeping the Beat ; Interview with Gregory "Blodie" Davis / Karen Celestan
- Part V. The Eternal Flame: Chapter 8. Inheriting the Line / Karen Celestan ; Interview with Eric "Tweet" Dudley and Erica Dudley / Karen Celestan and Eric Waters
- Chapter 9. The Point of It All / Karen Celestan ; Interview with Markeith Tero / Eric Waters
- Part VI. Glory Fulfilled: Chapter 10. Cutting the Body Loose / Karen Celestan
- Part VII. In Memoriam
- Appendix: Parades of the Social, Aid and Pleasure Clubs in New Orleans ; Glossary ; Contributors ; About the Authors ; Index.