Letting it all hang out: Mardi Gras performances live and on video

TDR - The Drama Review - A Journal of Performance Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-93

  Mayer, Vicki ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60950399190     PISSN: 10542043     EISSN: 15314715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/dram.2007.51.2.76     Document Type: Article

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