ISBN:
1578065291
,
1578065305
,
9781578065301
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xv, 179 p)
,
21 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mardi Gras, Gumbo, and Zydeco : Readings in Louisiana Culture
DDC:
306/.09763
Keywords:
Folklore
;
Popular culture
;
Folklore ; Louisiana
;
Louisiana ; Civilization
;
Louisiana ; Social life and customs
;
Popular culture ; Louisiana
;
Electronic books
;
Louisiana Civilization
;
Louisiana Social life and customs
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Ethnic Studies -- Southern Studies--〉. The detectable identity of southern Louisiana's one-of-a-kind culture has been expressed in numerous descriptive phrases--"south of the South," "the northern tip of the Caribbean," "this folklore land." A strange, piquant, and savory mixture, it also has been likened to one of the region's signature dishes, gumbo. Capturing this elusive culture and its charm has challenged many authors, anthropologists, and anthologists. Coming perhaps closest of any book yet published, this new anthology of readings affords reflections on so
Description / Table of Contents:
CONTENTS; An Introduction to Louisiana Culture; Chapter 1 Mardi Gras and the Media: Who's Fooling Whom?; Chapter 2 Buffalo Bill and the Mardi Gras Indians; Chapter 3 Every Man a King: Worldview, Social Tension, and Carnival in New Orleans ; Chapter 4 Mardi Gras Chase; Chapter 5 The New Orleans King Cake inSouthwest Louisiana; Chapter 6 Christmas Bonfires in South Louisiana: Tradition and Innovation; Chapter 7 The Creole Tradition; Chapter 8 Hidden Nation: The Houmas Speak; Chapter 9 Some Accounts of Witch Riding; Chapter 10 Charlene Richard: Folk Veneration among the Cajuns
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 11 Ote Voir Ta Sacrée Soutane: Anti-Clerical Humor in French LouisianaChapter 12 The Social and Symbolic Uses of Ethnic/Regional Foodways: Cajuns and Crawfish in South Louisiana; Chapter 13 Is It Cajun, or Is It Creole?; Suggestions for Further Reading on Louisiana Culture; Notes on Contributors; Questions and Topics for Classroom Discussionand Writing Assignments; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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